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The Midnight Show : A Novel.
In the 1980s, women were not supposed to be funny. But when a group of college improv comedians gets the chance to join a new late-night show, its Lillian Martin who stands out. She seems destined for bigger things - until one winter night she vanishes. Forty years later, Lillians disappearance has still never been solved. But when a journalist looking to examine Lillians story from a modern lens begins asking questions, she stirs up decades-old drama - as well as tightly-held secrets some comedy legends would much rather stay buried.
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- ISBN: 9798217086672
- Physical Description: 368 pages ; 2 x 15 cm
- Publisher: Canada : Crown, 2026.
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"She was the breakout star of a new late-night sketch show that would change the tv landscape forever....until she disappeared. This whip-smart, funny novel delves into the cutthroat world of comedy in the 1980s New York to uncover the story of what really happened that night"-- Provided by publisher. - Random House, Inc.
An immersive, page-turning novel about surviving as a funny woman in the male-dominated world of comedyâand what happens when the most promising female star of her generation disappears.
âAn utterly addictive read.ââAmy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie
In the 1980s, women were not supposed to be funny. But when a group of college improv comedians gets the chance to join a new late-night show, itâs Lillian Martin who stands out. The new show was called The Midnight Show and it would air every Friday night, live from New York, and change the landscape of TV and comedy forever.
But first it would change Lillianâs and her friendsâ lives. When the show becomes a runaway hit, the cast is thrown into the spotlight. Suddenly, theyâre skipping the line at the cityâs hottest clubs and posing on the cover of Rolling Stone. Lillian, in particular, seems destined for bigger thingsâuntil one winter night in Lower Manhattan, she vanishes, leaving nothing behind but questions. Was Lillian a victim of her own excesses? Was it a mugging gone wrong? Or could she have been killed by someone in her own inner circle?
Forty years later, Lillianâs disappearance has still never been solved. But when a budding journalist looking to examine Lillianâs story from a modern lens begins asking questions, she stirs up decades-old dramaâas well as tightly-held secrets some comedy legends would much rather stay buried.
A propulsive story of fame and friendship told through a variety of mediaâcompiled interviews, articles, transcriptsâThe Midnight Show takes readers behind the scenes of the cutthroat world of comedy in 1980s New York and asks if the rush of getting a laugh is all itâs cracked up to be.
