Valdes-RODRIGUEZ, Alisa. Make him look good.

VALDES-RODRIGUEZ, Alisa. Make him look good. Read by Isabel Keating. 14 cds. 17 hrs. BBC Audiobooks America. 2006. 0-7927-3953-1. $115.95. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. A

This story set in glitzy Miami Beach follows hot Latin singer and national heartthrob Ricky Biscayne, whose wholesome public image is a farce. Twenty-something Milan, still living with her parents, is president of his fan club and in a stroke of luck, manages to get a job as his publicist. Self-conscious Milan is so smitten she will do almost anything to please him. Ricky is married to a sweet, fashionably emaciated Croatian model, who only wants her husband's love and to have his baby. Ricky is unfaithful with multiple women but meets his despicable and ruthless match in the hot Latina rock idol, Jill Sanchez. After much drama, all ends happily with the good characters triumphing over the evil. Keating gives an inspired performance, handling the nuances of a huge array of accents. Funny, irreverent, highly entertaining, and fast-paced, this chick-lit production is sure to please mature YAs. Nancy Crowder Chaplin, Libn., VCCW, Goochland, VA

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