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The Candy House(111)

Author:Jennifer Egan

All of which leads me to Jazz Attenborough. Maybe, as a starting point, you could tell me what he’s like as a person? He seems not to give interviews, which makes it hard to get any sense of him online. Because of our shared history, your impressions would mean a lot to me.

Awaiting your reply, Lulu

Kitty→Lulu; bcc: Ashleigh Avila

Dear Lulu,

You’ve made me think back on that crazy voyage to X for the first time in soooooo long. But wait a sec… how could I have been a grown-up 26 years ago when I’m only 26 now? ;-) Can’t deny it, your mama saved my ass. Please give her a big smackeroo from me.

So, Jazz. He’s a notorious dog, as you probably know. Hardly a spring chicken but still sexy and in great physical shape. Like most die-hard flirts, he’s a liar: told me HE was the reason I’d been offered the costar role (later found out he’d pushed for Anne Hathaway)。 Also said he’d been trying for years to work with me (false)。 But once the bullshit was out of the way, I adored him. We both love the Conduits and no matter what song I named, he could sing every lyric in perfect tune!

More you want to know? Anything you can tell me about WHY you want to know? Holy crap about your shoulder. Do you have kids btw?

xxxxooooKitty

Ashleigh Avila→Kitty Jackson

Unless you have a death wish, DO NOT EVER write an email like that again. If this “Lulu” person even is who she says she is—and we have no idea—God only knows what she’s up to. “Overseas service”? “Reconstructed shoulder”? WTF!!! Bottom line: she forwards your musings about JA to five friends and your career ends.

Kitty→Ashleigh

Calm down. It takes more than that to sink a career. Remember, I’ve done it once.

Ashleigh→Kitty

Yeah, and you were 22 and gorgeous then. Now you’re, um, 51 and gorgeous. [Insert empty flattery about how incredible you look for your age.]

Kitty→Ashleigh

Honesty appreciated. Now go fuck yourself.

Ashleigh→Kitty

Btw, just spent some time searching your visit to X in 2008. No reference to any Lulu, but I do see mention of “publicist Dolly Peale.” Did you know she’s the same one who did time in 2007 after her lighting fixtures melted and dumped boiling oil on 700 people????

Kitty→Ashleigh

Get up earlier. That’s WHY she took the job of whitewashing General B’s atrocities. Kid to feed, etc.

Ashleigh→Kitty

Ever consider a book/doc about that history?

Kitty→Ashleigh

Signed multiple nondisclosure agreements. Also have a bad memory (was drinking heavily then)。

Ashleigh→Kitty

General B died two years ago, so those agreements would be void. Own Your Unconscious would solve the memory problems. Worth considering a doc? The untold story of Kitty Jackson’s love affair with General B, and X’s resulting turn toward democracy??? Could give you a huge boost!!!

Kitty→Ashleigh

Ah yes, a year has passed since your last documentary brainwave. Should have expected another. [Insert empty reassurance that I support your creative dreams and have total faith in your filmmaking genius.]

Kitty Jackson→Jazz Attenborough

Hi Jazzy,

Hey, what happened to our plan of eating oysters and drinking white wine when shooting was finished? Guess you say that to all the girls you sing along with.

Unrelated topic: a music producer friend of mine, female, has asked me to put her in touch with you. May I?