Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell (Signed)
BUSHNELL, Candace. Sex and the City. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1996.
First edition. Signed and inscribed to ‘To Kim – I’m so glad we’re out of high school. Good luck - ’. A very Carrie Bradshaw dedication.
8vo, pp 228. Hardback. (ISBN: 9780871136428). Near fine in near fine dust-jacket (un-clipped and un-faded). Jacket design by John Gall featuring Candace Bushnell. Provenance slip loosely inserted (inscribed to Kim, a high school class mate).
One of the defining titles of the 1990s, this book is a collection that brings together the pieces Bushnell wrote in her regular column, “Sex and the City”, for New York Observer between 1994-6. The column was based on her own personal dating experiences and those of her friends, professional single women in their 30s, with a supporting cast of glitterati who inhabit the world of mid-nineties chic Manhattan. The main character, Carrie Bradshaw, is semi-autobiographical, and many other characters are based on real people, such as Gregory Roque (the film director Oliver Stone), River Wilde (young Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho), and Mr. Big (Vogue publisher, Ron Galotti). This book with its recurring cast of characters and unfolding narrative flows like a novel in serial form.
Sex and the City, the TV adaptation of Bushnell’s book, ran into 6 seasons from 1998-2004, it became a sensational global hit, and one of the most loved and influential television series of all time.