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Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
305 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Phineas G. Nanson, an unhappy young graduate student, departs from his uninspiring studies in postmodern literary theory to write a biography of a famous biographer--but his research proves frustrating, as he finds that even "facts" can be unreliable, and the quest for "truth" unsatisfying.
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Language
English
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Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. She has since become a famous radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist beloved for her moral advice. Her youngest daughter, Ruby, is a struggling comedienne who uses her famous mother as fuel for her bitter, cynical humor. When the tabloids unearth a scandalous secret from Nora's past, their estrangement suddenly becomes dramatic: Nora is injured in an accident and...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
305 p. : ill ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amber--thirtysomething and barefoot--shows up at the door of the Norfolk cottage that the Smarts are renting for the summer. She talks her way in. She tells nothing but lies. She stays for dinner. Eve Smart, the author of a best-selling series of biographical reconstructions, thinks Amber is a student with whom her husband, Michael, is sleeping. Michael, an English professor, knows only that her car broke down. Daughter Astrid, age twelve, thinks...
Author
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperback
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
437 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Charles Hythloday observes the world from the comfortable confines of Amaurot, his family estate, and doesn't much care for what he sees. He prefers the black-and-white sanctum of classic cinema-especially anything starring the beautiful Gene Tierney-to the roiling and rumbling of twenty-first-century Dublin. At twenty-four, Charles aims to resurrect the lost lifestyle of the aristocratic country gentleman-contemplative walks, an ever-replenished...
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English
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“I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.”
So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . . while living alongside his beautiful second wife, Diana; his wayward nephew, Freddy; and his protective daughter, Madeleine. Soon Nicky finds...
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