Being There

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A startling novel for the electronic age about fame, power, money, sex—and a hero who gets it all. The hero of this astonishing novel is called Chance—he may be the man of tomorrow. Flung into the real world when his rich benefactor dies, Chance is helped on his life journey by Elizabeth Eve, the young, beautiful, resourceful wife of a dying Wall Street mogul. Accidentally launched into the world of sex, money, power—and national television—he becomes a media superstar, a household name, the man of the hour—and who knows, perhaps our next President.