Hot Property.(Candace Bushnell's new novel entitled 'One Fifth Avenue')(Interview)

Byline: --EVE MacSWEENEY

From Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City, comes a racy new novel about a premium address with a revolving door of delicious characters.

VOGUE: What was the idea behind One Fifth Avenue ?

Candace Bushnell: It's about the new replacing the old and how the city goes on. Real estate is the perennial New York topic, as well as throughout America with the rise of McMansions. And in New York, which has always been a place of success and status, people need a way to distinguish themselves.

VOGUE: How did you come up with the character of Lola?

C.B.: I was trying to capture the Zeitgeist of a young woman today, the kind for whom starring in a reality show is a serious ambition. It's a rite of passage for a certain segment of young women to get breast implants, and they have a level of pampering and label awareness that is the culmination of the last 20 years of consumerism. But ultimately Lola is facing the realities that young women have always faced in the big city--how do I survive and what am I willing to do to survive?

VOGUE: The Internet and blogging play a big role in the book.