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| Author | Rona Jaffe |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | September 2, 1958 [1] |
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The Best of Everything (1958) is Rona Jaffe's first novel. It is the story of five young employees of a New York publishing company.
The novel was one of the first to be bought for film adaptation before the manuscript had been edited so the film company would be involved in the marketing of the book. It was also one of the first novels to use the author as a marketing tool—complete with full-color jacket photography of author Rona Jaffe by photographer Philippe Halsman. [2]
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