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| Author | Maya Sloan Unnamed creator of RKOI |
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| Publisher | Gallery Books |
Publication date | July 2014 |
| ISBN | 9781476764061 |
Rich Kids of Instagram is a novel written by Maya Sloan and the anonymous creator of the Tumblr blog of the same name, on which it is based. [1] [2] [3] It was first published by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in July 2014. [1] [4] Its cover featured a picture of a line of cocaine powder on a hundred-dollar bill. [2]
The story is told by various characters within the novel, which unfolds as a series of vignettes about ultra-wealthy teens and twenty-somethings indulging themselves. [2] [5]
The fictionalized characters include Todd Evergreen, an overnight billionaire and recluse who is new in town; Annalise Hoff, a self-described "Daddy's girl" who plans a party in The Hamptons; and her boyfriend Miller Crawford, an aspiring record producer who is high all the time. [2] [5]
A review in The Booklist said, "Sloan provides enough satirical jabs at all those annoying instant Internet millionaires to make reading about them both palatable and entertaining." [2] Cosmopolitan agreed, saying, "You'll love hating the spoiled hashtaggers". [6]
A review in The Baffler was more negative, calling it "an empty vessel of careless adolescent fantasy". [3]