{"product_id":"9780312429232","title":"Jackie Under My Skin : Interpreting an Icon","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eJackie Under My Skin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Wayne Koestenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJackie Under My Skin \u003c\/i\u003eis a passionate investigation of the ways Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis transformed America's definition of celebrity, identity, and style. In a gallery of fantasies and tableaux, Wayne Koestenbaum explains the late first lady's hold on Americans by examining the myths and metaphors that we've attached to her. An exuberant paean to a great star, \u003ci\u003eJackie Under My Skin\u003c\/i\u003e is also a meditation on fame, mortality, and the difficulty of defining desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pop interpretation at its finest . . . and every bit of it is fun to read.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dazzling, exuberant . . . Koestenbaum writes with a heady lyricism that makes Jackie-watching an exercise of the soul as well as of the intellect.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Koestenbaum's explanation of the Jackie O phenomenon is as fresh and thought-provoking as they come.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Some of the most entertaining prose in years . . . A thoughtful and unexpectedly moving book.” —\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Impassioned insight . . . By turns comic and elegaic, respectful and blasphemous...little or nothing escapes [Koestenbaum's] gaze.” —\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312429232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593790468302,"sku":"9780312429232","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_add5a0e3-d18a-4a3b-9384-f7cddc4badd5.jpg?v=1637793601","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312429232","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}