About this title: This comic novel tells several stories, each one presented in a different typeface. They revolve around a young woman named Effie and her mother Nora, and include the literary efforts of a Effie's creative writing class.
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 2001-Paperback----Used-Very Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 7/1/2001
ISBN-13:9780312279998ISBN:031227999X
Description: Like New. Paperback. Enjoyable reading copy for your personal pleasure. This copy is nearly flawless! Cover has barely noticeable shelf wear. You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear to include very light edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard ... read more
Description: Very Good. 031227999X Great condition Soft Cover book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, light edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780312279998ISBN:031227999X
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. very light creases in spine-light front cover curl. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Picador, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780312203245ISBN:0312203241
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. 355pp. in protective cover. First printing. Top corners are bumped. dj has light shelf wear. read more
Edition: Advanced Reading Copy.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Date Published: 2001
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. some edge/corner wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Having read a couple of her detective novels which I loved, and her first book which I also enjoyed I was so disappointed in this one that I did not even finish it. (Perhaps I am now too old to be reading about mixed up undergraduates as I now have a grand-daughter at university. My own experiences were that of a mature student.) None of the characters held my interest. Where the lecturer is quoted I have some difficulty in understanding his comments, though I might add that this was never my own experience. No wonder his students did not attend his lectures!"
"Okay I am in the same place with this as I am with Good Doctor Guillotine. I can't seem to decide if it is a fantastic book objectively or if I just really like it a lot. I know I gave it a different score. I feel the need to do this because I think that both books were 5's for me but that this book has a wider audience than Guillotine. Perhaps I'm wrong and I should equalize but I'm standing on that opinion.
This is a book about writers. So Nick Hornby would be on the fence. It is heavily postmodern. People seem to be reading each others thoughts. Stuff like "I wondered if my father was alive. 'possibly'" (not a direct quote).
The story gives it away, but part of the fun of the novel is that the two characters are making fun of each other for not getting it and being slow.
Nothing happens in the book, which becomes almost a metaplot.
On some level it is like reading house of leaves without the weird formatting."
"Too bad, kind of boring and all over the place. The way she chose to tell the story was a little odd. The first half of the book felt like it went nowhere. Too many characters. Too much jumping around. I kind of wanted to slap the narrator."
"I gave up on this one, after sticking it out far longer than it deserved -- only because I LOVED the two other books I'd read by her. Half way through I decided I was never going to warm up to it. Very po mo, British English department "in" jokes. Neither funny nor clever. And I own it!"
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