Manila Luzon is 50 shades of fierce in the new book trailer for Jay Quint's Tides of Vanity, a memoir detailing the author's jet-setting adolescence spent attending the fabled private parties of the Hollywood Hills and being romanced by the likes of Anderson Cooper.

The book, which has all the makings of a modern-day Tales of the City, has been lauded by New York Times best-seller (and Madonna sibling) Christopher Ciccone and Emmy award-winning Carol Burnett Show creator Kenny Solms.

Quint writes: "Anxiety, and a feeling of impending doom plagued my adolescence; I was clueless when it came to happiness, friendship, intimacy, and love. Then, at twenty-three years old, I experienced the first of the many reversals of fortune that were to come my way and suddenly found myself living in South Beach and exploring life in the best way possible—without a budget!"

We can't tell what we're falling for most— the author in his underwear, this juicy must-have book, or Manila serving equal parts Cruella de Vil and Mommie Dearest. Need!