<i>Scruples</i> is the novel that  created publishing history, the first-and widely  acknowledged to be the very best-novel ever written  about the staggeringly luxurious life of a Beverly  Hills boutique and the people who work in it.  <i>Scruples</i> was translated into twenty  languages and made Rodeo Drive famous around the  world. <i>The New York Post</i> said  that "<i>Scruples</i> was born to  be a smash bestseller. . . It has more inside  information about the worlds of high fashion and  Hollywood than you'd find in a dozen manuals."  With <i>Scruples</i>, Judith Krantz earned her reputation  as a blazingly talented and original storyteller.  she takes her readers behind the scenes of wealthy  and fame to show them the real people and the real  emotions that exist at the core of even the most  high-powered lives. <i>Scruples</i> is the leader of her  #1 best-selling  novels.