{"product_id":"totally-killer-a-novel-isbn-9780061735295","title":"Totally Killer: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Smart, unexpected, and wonderfully savage in its humor. \u003cem\u003eTotally Killer\u003c\/em\u003e nails, without mercy, the mood and minutiae of a weary America at the end of the 20th century.”\u003cbr\u003e—Brad Listi, author of \u003cem\u003eAttention. Deficit. Disorder.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eDebut novelist Greg Olear gets nostalgic for a recently bygone era with \u003cem\u003eTotally Killer\u003c\/em\u003e—a quirky, darkly funny, and fiendishly clever noirish tale of intrigue and suspense. The ’90s are back in this brilliant collision of conspiracy theory and pop culture that ingeniously blends assassination, politics, paranoia, Dick Cheney, CIA duplicity, and Duran Duran. The raves are already rolling in for this wonderfully twisted tale of an innocent and beautiful young Midwestern girl who finds a “totally killer” job through a most unusual employment agency in New York City. Jerry Stahl, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003ePermanent Midnight,\u003c\/em\u003e says, “The title doesn’t lie—\u003cem\u003eTotally Killer\u003c\/em\u003e truly is.” | \u003cp\u003eConspiracy and pop culture collide in 1991 New York in this dark debut from Greg Olear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaylor Schmidt—twenty-three, single, and jobless—arrives in the Big Apple desperate for work and hungry for love. Through the Quid Pro Quo Employment Agency she finds the perfect job and the perfect boyfriend . . . but perfection has its price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart thriller, part satire, part period piece, \u003cem\u003eTotally Killer\u003c\/em\u003e is a total page-turner.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Greg Olear stands out as one of the few ‘New Voices’ in contemporary fiction whose writing actually deserves the moniker. The title doesn’t lie—Totally Killer truly is.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I totally loved Totally Killer. It’s American Psycho meets I Love the ’90s. It’s The Firm with an ironic, sexy twist. Flawless writing, funny, sweet, and thrilling, Totally Killer is a fast moving page-turner that had me hooked from the first page.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColleen Curran, author of Whores on the Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Olear has created a veritable almanac of the 90s. Totally Killer is, well, totally killer. You’ll laugh. You’ll cringe. You’ll weep. You may even find yourself  humming Whitney Houston.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Evison, author of All About Lulu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Smart, unexpected, and wonderfully savage in its humor. Totally Killer nails, without mercy, the mood and minutiae of a weary America at the end of the 20th century. Olear’s characters are perfectly emblematic of their times.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Listi, author of Attention. Deficit. Disorder.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“… this wacky tale of capitalist aspirations run way beyond amok…[is] a dark, hilarious, and original fable, well worth reading.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronogram (Hudson Valley)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lock Ted Bundy, Franz Kafka, and Terry Southern in a room with a typewriter and they might produce something like Totally Killer...This darkly comic, beautifully written tale of conspiracy, sex and obsession in 1990s New York City deserves a wide audience.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce DeSilva, Edgar-nominated author of Rogue Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887901077733,"sku":"NP9780061735295","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061735295.jpg?v=1730227695","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/totally-killer-a-novel-isbn-9780061735295","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}