Synopsis: In a Stranger In The Mirror book – Toby Temple is Hollywood’s most beloved comedian, adored by millions and trusted by no one while Jill Castle is an ambitious starlet willing to do whatever it takes to become a star. When their paths collide, Sidney Sheldon spins a story of fame, obsession, and the ruthless price of getting everything you ever wanted.
Toby Temple has everything a man could want — he’s the funniest, most adored star in Hollywood, worshipped by audiences who have no idea who he really is underneath the laughs.
Behind the charm lies a man consumed by suspicion, incapable of trusting anyone who claims to love him. Jill Castle arrives in Hollywood with nothing but ambition and a past she’s determined to bury, willing to trade anything — her body, her morals, her identity — for a shot at stardom.
When Toby and Jill’s worlds collide, Sheldon traces the collision of two people who need each other as much as they’re incapable of truly loving one another — bound together by ambition, loneliness, and a mutual hunger neither can satisfy.
Set against the glittering, predatory backdrop of the Hollywood studio system, the novel strips away the glamour to reveal an industry — and two people — built on performance all the way down.
A commercial and critical success from early in Sheldon’s career, A Stranger in the Mirror remains one of his most compelling looks at fame’s hollow promises. For readers drawn to Hollywood exposés, character-driven drama, and the dark side of ambition, it’s Sheldon at his most unsparing.
Notable: Originally published in 1976; Sidney Sheldon is the only writer to have won an Oscar, a Tony, and an Edgar, with over 300 million copies of his books sold worldwide
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- Title: A Stranger in the Mirror
- Author: Sidney Sheldon
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Publication date: August 16, 1988 (reissue)
- Format: Paperback (Mass Market)
- ISBN-13: 9780446356572 · ISBN-10: 0446356573
- Pages: 320
- Genre: Drama / Hollywood thriller
- Condition: Very Good
- Availability: Out Of Stock
- Price: KES450
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