{"product_id":"i-used-to-be-charming","title":"I Used to Be Charming","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eI Used to Be Charming\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eEve Babitz\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781681373799\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNYRB Classics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eMain\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e448\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreviously uncollected nonfiction pieces by Hollywood's ultimate It Girl about everything from fashion to tango to Jim Morrison and Nicholas Cage.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003ci\u003eEve's Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e Eve Babitz lit up the scene in 1974. The books that followed, among them \u003ci\u003eSlow Days, Fast Company\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSex and Rage\u003c\/i\u003e, have seduced generations of readers with their unfailing wit and impossible glamour. What is less well known is that Babitz was a working journalist for the better part of three decades, writing for the likes of \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as for off-the-beaten-path periodicals like \u003ci\u003eWet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing\u003c\/i\u003e and Francis Ford Coppola's short-lived \u003ci\u003eCity\u003c\/i\u003e. Whether profiling Hollywood darlings, getting to the bottom of health crazes like yoga and acupuncture, remembering friends and lovers from her days hobnobbing with rock stars at the Troubadour and art stars at the Ferus Gallery, or writing about her beloved, misunderstood hometown, Los Angeles, Babitz approaches every assignment with an energy and verve that is all her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eI Used to Be Charming\u003c\/i\u003e gathers nearly fifty pieces written between 1975 and 1997, including the full text of Babitz's wry book-length investigation into the pioneering lifestyle brand Fiorucci. The title essay, published here for the first time, recounts the accident that came close to killing her in 1996; it reveals an uncharacteristically vulnerable yet never less than utterly charming Babitz.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"I Used to Be Charming | Eve Babitz | Paperback | 9781681373799 | New | Essays 1210140","offer_id":48162413412504,"sku":"1210140","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81SSVNvnoiL.jpg?v=1771868111","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/i-used-to-be-charming","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}