Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga by Maureen Callahan

New Hardback book

Description: Lady Gaga is a once-in-a-decade artist, the rare instant celebrity whose appearance can become a cultural event. Not since Madonna's breakout success in the mid-1980s has the world witnessed the advent of a pop culture provocateur who mixes high-and-low culture, the avant-garde with the accessible, ''downtown'' authenticity with the sheen of glamorous artifice.