Pretension,, :s a blockbuster novel that

takes us inside the glamorous, cutthroat

world of fashion and the fashionable, from

the most expensive--and unscrupulous--

designers with their glittering banquets and

oh-so-personal lunches, to the newest New

York nightclubs and the chicest house-

parties in exotic locales. At the center of it atl

is the staff of IN magazine, where the hottest

trends begin. Where even the most world.-

weary journalists, who should know better,

get caught by the American Dream even as

they are creating it.