Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 09/2000
ISBN-13:9780871138194ISBN:0871138190
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 09/2000
ISBN-13:9780871138194ISBN:0871138190
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 09/2000
ISBN-13:9780871138194ISBN:0871138190
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 09/2000
ISBN-13:9780871138194ISBN:0871138190
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 09/2000
ISBN-13:9780871138194ISBN:0871138190
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 09/2000
ISBN-13:9780871138194ISBN:0871138190
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 09/2000
ISBN-13:9780871138194ISBN:0871138190
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 09/2000
ISBN-13:9780871138194ISBN:0871138190
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 09/2000
ISBN-13:9780871138194ISBN:0871138190
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 09/2000
ISBN-13:9780871138194ISBN:0871138190
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 09/2000
ISBN-13:9780871138194ISBN:0871138190
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 245 p. read more
"A collection of four loosely linked stories featuring, as the title pronounces, four blondes. The blondes in question are Janey Wilcox ('Nice 'n Easy'), a model who isn't famous enough to call her own shots so she spends most of her time looking for a rich man to take her to the Hamptons every summer; Winnie ('Highlights'), a brainy columnist who has begun to hate her journalist husband for not being successful enough; Cecilia, ('Platinum') a model who marries a European prince and is terrified he's going to leave her; and lastly, an unnamed blonde journalist ('Single Process') who trolls London looking for a man because she's positive that English men have got to be better than American ones.
It's the ultimate in satire as well as a disturbing look into the many people who really do live such vapid, meaningless, extremely superficial existences, but who are at least sensible enough to be aware of and frightened by their own lack of substance. Bushnell is also the author of Sex and the City, but don't let that turn you off (as it did me, initially). I haven't read the book SatC, but after reading this I'd be willing to bet that the few bits I've seen of the t.v. show don't even begin to do the book justice, because Bushnell is absolutely brilliant, scathing and right on the mark when pegging these desperate, pathetic, yet somehow occasionally likeable women. Strange as it may sound, her writing style immediately put me in mind of Bret Easton Ellis, particularly Rules of Attraction and Less Than Zero. Bushnell's wit and timing is razor-sharp, and I was very pleasantly surprised."
"This novel is actually a collection of 4 novellas that are completely unrelated, save for a few slight reaccurring appearances by supporting characters. The first story, "Nice N' Easy," details the life of Janey Wilcox, a character also featured in Buchnell's book Trading Up , as she sleeps her way to a better summer house in the Hamptons. The second tale is about a married couple, each unsatisfied with their marriage and their careers as writers. The third story, the most unbelievable, albeit maybe the most entertaining, is the confession of a paranoid princess. The final story seems semi-biographical since it features a sex columnist who goes to London to do an article about British men. Other reviewers found this book full of satricial wit, but each of the stories ultimately fell flat, being too one-dimentional."
"One of the tasks in my reading challenge was to read a book you started but never finished. I hardly ever do that, and the only two I could come up with were The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco and this. I wasn't really in the mood to tackle something heavy, so I figured I'd give Four Blondes, another shot. I still hated it. The first time, I made it through the first story, and quit on the second one. I was pretty close to the end, I just decided I didn't care about the characters anymore and I didn't like the writing style of either story enough to try the last two. I have to say, I hated it this time, too. I love Sex and the City the TV show, though I've never read the book, so I don't know if Four Blondes is typical of Bushnell's style, but I won't be rushing out to read any thing by her anytime soon."
"The author whose name is synonymous with her novel "Sex and the City" weighs in again with four loosely linked tales: in "Four Blondes" she returns with a quartet of novellas on her favorite subject -- the mating habits of wealthy sex-, status-, and media-obsessed New Yorkers. These are people for whom a million or two does not make one rich, and who consider Louis Vuitton and Prada bare necessities.
The novel is broken up into 4 sections, each one dedicated to a different shade of blonde and the woman who the corresponding shade belongs to. The first woman, Janey (Nice `n Easy) has the best story in terms of being interesting and the fact that it could end in an unconventional way. However, by the end, I'm disappointed by the Hollywood ending that is meant to be empowering but is completely unrealistic.
Which brings me to the next point: suspend reality to enjoy this one as the second story; while it features an empowered and powerful woman, glorifies some behavior that is, well, not to be emulated at all. Winnie (Highlights) is mean, bitter and obsessive compulsive. So that gets you nice and welcoming for the third story, where, suspend reality please, Princess Cecilia (Platinum) comes in. Being able to connect with the neurotic, spoiled princess is a little difficult. lastly, an unnamed blonde journalist (Single Process) who trolls London looking for a man because she's positive that English men have got to be better than American ones.
These women need serious psychological help at the very least. The book goes absolutely nowhere with absolutely no plot. The bleak, non-sexy, self-absorbed world Bushnell attempts to glamourize reveals that not only do blondes not have fun, their roots are showing under the bleach.
Book Details:
Title 4 Blondes Author Candace Bushnell Reviewed By Purplycookie"
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