The lives of twelve-year-old Toulouse "Tull" Trotter" and his fabulously wealthy family mysteriously intertwines those of the poor orphan Amaryllis and the homeless schizophrenic who protects her, in a moving, acerbic new novel by the author of I'm Losing You. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
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Recensione:
Virtuosic . . . [attests] not only to Mr. Wagner’s range as a writer—his ability to write with affecting sincerity as well as satiric glee—but also to his power as a storyteller to beguile.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“Lavishly imagined . . . Wagner [dares] his readers to be so callous as to question fiction’s ability to imagine the impossible.”—The Boston Globe
“Wagner’s astute portrayal of the follies of the rich is exceeded by his skill at rendering the lives of the poor. The chapters on Amaryllis . . . are worthy of a latter-day Dickens.”—The Washington Post
“Brilliant, inventive, and entertaining . . . a rip-roaring, special-effects-filled ride.” —New York
“Combines social satire on the scale of Thackeray’s Vanity Fair with a hipness that has become Wagner’s trademark.” —GQ
“A brash authorial voice . . . tinged with melancholy . . . a sincere exploration of life, death and immortality.”—People
L'autore:
Bruce Wagner is the author of the novels Force Majeure and I’m Losing You. He recently wrote and directed Women in Film, adapted from his novel I'm Losing You. Women in Film was shown at the Sundance and Venice film festivals in 2001. He lives in Los Angeles.
From the Hardcover edition.
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- EditoreRandom House Inc
- Data di pubblicazione2003
- ISBN 10 0812968476
- ISBN 13 9780812968477
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine576
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