num_pages: 111
description: The hero of this astonishing novel is called Chance - he may be the man of tomorrow. Flung into the real world when his rich benefactor dies, Chance is helped on his life journey by Elizabeth Eve, the young, beautiful, resourceful wife of a dying Wall Street mogul. Accidentally launched into a world of sex, money, power - and national television - he becomes a media superstar, a household name, the man of the hour - and, who knows, perhaps the next President of the United States of America.
language: English
title: Being There
titlecomplete: Being There
characters: Chauncey Gardiner-Chance
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Humor, Classics, Politics, Philosophy, Literary Fiction, Audiobook, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 13252
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novella
publisher: Black Swan