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This dark comedy dives into the underbelly of Milanese fashion and nightlife, through the eyes of Mia, a young expat. She came to Milan to escape her problems but only found more glamorous ones… Mia indulges in the highs and lows Milanese decadence can offer. Between fashion class and clubbing, her narcissistic boss and abusive boyfriend push her to face bleak reality. Life of the Party asks, can you lose your innocence if you were never innocent? Can you find control in chaos? And do you have a plus one for tonight’s party?
“Clever debut novel of fashion and nightlife, readers are introduced to Mia, an expat newly moved to Milan. The drugs, nightclubs, and men blur together into a seemingly nonstop, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas-style fever dream as intense as it is dripping with style.”
Publishers’ Weekly
“Tea Hacic is an MDMA-fueled Oscar Wilde with fake eyelashes and this book is a Fear and Loathing for the late Berlusconi-era; a deep walk of shame that tiptoes between a bewildering Bildungsroman and a fever dream of social climbing and social embarrassment.”OLIVER KUPPER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF AUTRE MAGAZINE
"A recollection of youth as seen through the dichotomy of control vs desperation, Americana vs. Milanese, luxury vs poverty and uppers vs downers."
BJ PANDA BEAR AT FLAUNT MAGAZINE
"Tea recounts with brutal honesty the period in which Milan officially became the Italian city that everyone hates and envies."
VICE Italy
“Life of the Party” is a good goddamn time.”
Columbia Journal
"The party seduced me, the darkness shocked me, and Mia’s wondrous naïveté uplifted me."
FLAUNT Magazine
“It’s as intoxicating as the best party you’ve ever been to…Hacic-Vlahovic has written one hell of a ride.”
The Big Smoke