{"id":426,"date":"2012-06-15T19:34:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/shinan-govani\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T12:34:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:34:54","slug":"govani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/govani\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinan Govani"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<p>Shinan Govani is perhaps best known for his celebrity watch column that ran in <em><span class=\"bold\">The National Post <\/span><\/em><span class=\"bold\">from 2001 to the fall of 2013<\/span>.\u00a0 Govani is currently a columnist with the <em>Toronto Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991000207209708636\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 115px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 115\/115;border: 0px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2012\/06\/bold.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"115\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Fiction<\/h3>\n<h3>Bold Face Names<\/h3>\n<p>Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2009.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991000207209708636\">PS8613 .O972 B65 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis<\/h4>\n<p>Part celebrity pi\u00f1ata, part scorching social satire, <em><span class=\"bold\">Boldface Names<\/span><\/em> is a fast-paced romp through the land of the rich, the famous, and the wicked. In the eye of the party storm is Ravi, a vertically challenged gossip columnist (and self-confessed &#8220;tribe-traveller&#8221;), who snoops and schmoozes and amasses gift bags. But all hell breaks loose in the glittersphere when a mysterious D-list starlet is parachuted into Ravi&#8217;s life for safekeeping, setting off a high-stakes game of secrets and lies. Adding to the drama? The skeleton in Ravi&#8217;s own closet!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.ca\/\">HarperCollins Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shinan Govani is perhaps best known for his celebrity watch column that ran in The National Post from 2001 to the fall of 2013.\u00a0 Govani is currently a columnist with the Toronto Star. Fiction Bold Face Names Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/govani\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18726,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions\/18726"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}