{"product_id":"grosse-pointe-pimp-9780974580609","title":"Grosse Pointe Pimp","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrosse Pointe Pimp\u003c\/strong\u003e by Mark Steel. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780974580609.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Middlesex, Mark Steels first\nnovel\nGrosse Pointe Pimp is set in the Beverly Hills of the\nMidwest, Grosse Pointe, Michigan - a town where beneath the veneer of polite\nprivilege lurks an intricate web of lies and betrayals. With an uncannily\nkeen perspective and stinging wit, Steel exposes a secretive network where\nordinary people pay an extraordinary price to satisfy the covert desires of a\nprivileged few in a cliquey community that values wealth and social standing\nabove all else.\n\nThe story revolves around Max Lexington, an aging, married billionaire.\nDrawn by the lure of youth and excitement, he finds himself inextricably\nattracted to a girl -- a former stripper -- who uses her Hollywood looks and\nintimate charms to stake a claim on his future that goes well beyond his\nfortune. Grosse Pointes power elite, who would ordinarily look down their\nturned-up noses at such social disgrace, look the other way. The mighty\nreligious community that invokes virtue at every gathering also casts a blind\neye at the indiscretion.\n\nBut Maxs intimidating wealth and power cant prevent the disaster that\nensues. Lives spin out of control. And caught in the middle of the\ntangled web is the billionaires personal trainer who signs on as a body coach\nbut winds up being much, much more. Seduced by the promise of fortune and\nsecurity, he advances from trainer to bodyguard to counselor and confidante\nuntil -- as Steel describes with striking realism and an undaunted sense of\nhumor -- he ultimately, unwittingly becomes the Grosse Pointe\nPimp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Riveting Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44976854368309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0974580600","price":60.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780974580609_8edf0da3-a725-4229-a12f-d58ae56daafd.jpg?v=1778785714","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/grosse-pointe-pimp-9780974580609","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}