PECKERWOOD BOOK CLUB: What Are Your Favorite Trashy Books? Plus "The Fury!"
Welcome, fellow book sluts, to the latest edition of "The Peckerwood Book Club!" Let's get right into it: who's your favorite trashy author? Or your favorite trashy books, the ones you can't resist, no matter how scorned they may be by friends or reviewers? Dearly departed critic Pauline Kael was once asked the same question and responded that she only read non-fiction and literary novels, since "movies more than satisfy my craving for trash." I believe her. I also believe that my craving for trash is not as easily sated as hers was. How else do I explain my teen devotion to "Lucky Santangelo," the sexy, gutsy-as-all-get-out heroine of ten compelling Jackie Collins novels? Ten! Or my ravenous consumption of Ken Follett thrillers or anything by Sidney Sheldon? And I could go on forever about the irresistible Dominick Dunne. I think I've read "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" at least four times over the years. And yes, I much prefer his wo...