A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses. <br><br>Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job &#8220;a million girls would die for.&#8221; Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of <i>Runway </i>magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts <i>Prada! Armani! Versace!</i> at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child. <br><br>THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA gives a rich and hilarious new meaning to complaints about &#8220;The Boss from Hell.&#8221; Narrated in Andrea&#8217;s smart, refreshingly disarming voice, it traces a deep, dark, devilish view of life at the top only hinted at in gossip columns and over Cosmopolitans at the trendiest cocktail parties. From sending the latest, not-yet-in-stores Harry Potter to Miranda&#8217;s children in Paris by private jet, to locating an unnamed antique store where Miranda had at some point admired a vintage dresser, to serving lattes to Miranda at precisely the piping hot temperature she prefers, Andrea is sorely tested each and every day&#8212;and often late into the night with orders barked over the phone. She puts up with it all by keeping her eyes on the prize: a recommendation from Miranda that will get Andrea a top job at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely unacceptable to the downright outrageous, however, Andrea begins to realize that the job a million girls would die for may just kill her. And even if she survives, she has to decide whether or not the job is worth the price of her soul.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>