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內容簡介 社群世代的天才雷普利一段「至死不渝」的友情路易絲在紐約載浮載沉，為了生存，在一份份薪資微薄的工作間流連掙扎。她住在寒酸公寓、忍受古怪鄰居，一切只為了一個作家夢。直到一天，她遇上了擁有一切的拉薇妮雅。拉薇妮雅好看、而且有錢。她有數不清的漂亮衣服，周遭朋友圍繞，還有很棒的公寓。拉薇妮雅帶路易絲認識她的朋友、去見識最棒的派對。她帶她去酒吧、去看戲、交換漂亮衣服、甚至共用叫車帳號。但路易絲很清楚這一切不會持久。於是她開始想，是否要繼續過這樣的生活？或者該說，是否該以拉薇妮雅的身分生活下去......A friendship to die for.A Ripley story for the Instagram age set in contemporary New York; a world at once sophisticated and sordid, irresistible and irresponsible, unforgettable yet unattainableLouise is struggling to survive in New York; juggling a series of poorly paid jobs, renting a shabby flat, being cat-called by her creepy neighbour, she dreams of being a writer. And then one day she meets Lavinia. Lavinia who has everything – looks, money, clothes, friends, an amazing apartment…Lavinia invites Louise into her charmed circle, takes her to the best parties, bars, the opera, shares her clothes, her coke, her Uber account. Louise knows that this can't last for ever, but just how far is she prepared to go to have this life? Or rather, to have Lavinia's life?

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作者介紹 TARA ISABELLA BURTONTARA ISABELLA BURTON is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. Winner of the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for Travel Writing, she completed her doctorate in 19th century French literature and theology at the University of Oxford and is a prodigious travel writer, short story writer and essayist for National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist's 1843 and more. She currently works for Vox as their Religion Correspondent, lives in New York, and divides her time between the Upper East Side and Tbilisi, Georgia.

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