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GET LIT: Win a copy of Galt Niederhoffer's The Romantics

POSTED: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 7:41 PM

Picador, 288 pp., $14, Sept. 1

Ever since I saw her doing this ridiculous high-kick in New York magazine, I've been thinking a lot about Katie Holmes. Every time I see her name on a billboard I am weirdly relieved that she hasn't been completely zombified by Scientology and/or her husband. Anyway, humanoid Katie Holmes is starring — alongside Elijah Wood, Ana Paquin (who I'm also thinking a lot about because of that Rolling Stone cover, speaking of the undead) and Josh Duhamel — in next month's Ã¼ber-rom-com The Romantics, based on a novel by movie producer Galt Niederhoffer. Here's a bit about the book:

Laura and Lila were college roommates — one brooding and Jewish, the other the epitome of golden WASP-dom. Now it's ten years later, a day before Lila's wedding to Laura's former boyfriend, and as the guests arrive, Laura finds herself the only one not coupled up. Struggling with the traditionally thankless role of maid of honor, Laura realizes for the first time why she can't stop thinking about her long, tangled relationship with the groom. And it appears he is not entirely ready for the altar himself. Unfolding over two days off the coast of Maine, The Romantics follows the shifting allegiances among an unforgettable set of characters.

We're giving away a paperback copy (due out Sept. 1 from Picador) to the first three readers who can correctly solve the following six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon-y game:

Can you link Ana Paquin to Katie Holmes in four steps or fewer?

E-mail me at carolyn.huckabay@citypaper.net if you think you can.

Holly

Posted 2010-08-18 19:17:30

I love Katie Holmes!  She's a level-headed, strong personality and mom.  I'm looking forward to this. :)

Candace

Posted 2010-08-18 22:27:32

I definitely want to see this one. Katie Holmes is excellent as an artist and a great person.

Merryl

Posted 2010-08-18 23:45:24

I saw the trailed, it's going to be an interesting movie! Katie Holmes improved a lot since she is married to Tom. Or maybe being a mom does that.

Merryl

Posted 2010-08-18 23:46:31

(trailer, not "trailed")

It's here: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/theromantics/

Posted 2010-08-19 23:48:17

PLEASE STOP GIVING JOSH DUHAMEL MOVIE ROLES. He can NOT act. Just because he is married to Fergie doesn't make him any more talented than before he married Fergie. This movie will flop like all his other straight to video movies. Ok, maybe I'm being too harsh. Josh can act when it comes to convincing Fergie that he has not cheated on her since his bangging night with the stripper. Give that boy a Oscar before he gives Fergie a STD!

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