Sellevision: Augusten Burroughs

The author of Magical Thinking and Running With Scissors makes his first foray into fiction in a hilarious exploration of greed, obsession and third tier celebrity-ness in the world of a home-shopping network. When Max Andrews, the much loved and handsome (and gay and lonely) host of Slumber Party Sundown accidentally exposes his penis to 60 million kids and their parents during a 'Toys for Tots' segment, Sellevision is facing its first big scandal. And it's all downhill from there! As Max fails to find a job in television, popular and perky hostess Peggy Jean Smythe is receiving sinister emails from a stalker about her appearance. Popping pills and drinking like a fish, she fails to notice that her husband is spending a lot of time with the young babysitter next door. Then there's Leigh, whose affair with Sellevision boss, the very-married Howard Toast, is going nowhere until she exposes him on air; and Bebe, Sellevision's star host, who may find Mr. Right on the Internet - if she can stop her shopping addiction from taking over!