Since its publication in 1966, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls has reigned as one of the most beloved pieces of commercial fiction, selling over 31 million copies worldwide. Turned in 1967 into an international box-office sensation and morphing into a camp classic, its influence endures today in everything from films and TV shows to fashion and cosmetics. Gathering research and new interviews to draw back the velvet curtain on the behind-the-scenes intrigue, Stephen Rebello provides an entertaining history of fast-changing, late 1960s Hollywood, on screen and off.