Vail amanda pseud miller warren (1 risultati)

Half title. Orig. blue cloth. Blue & pink pictorial d.w., unclipped; a little rubbed, a few tiny closed tears, v. small nick to rear panel. Wraparound band neatly repaired. Dustjacket by Peter Strausfeld. The New York edition appeared earlier the same year. Two teen girls romp through the 'crazy heartless world of the espresso bar, rock-n-roll [and] star-worship' in search of 'an interesting experience'. Warren Miller's attempt at ventriloquism is revealing but far less successful than that seen in The Cool World, and the American blurb's claim that the author was a seventeen-year-old girl seems to have found little traction anywhere; not least because the girls' propensity for staring into mirrors and at one another's cleavages does not wholly convince. The cataloguer may have led a sheltered life, but knows wishful thinking when he sees it.…