About this title: Simon, a middle-aged architect separated from his wife, is given the chance to live out a stereotypical male fantasy: freed from the travails of married life, he ends up living with three nubile lingerie models who use him as a sexual object. Set in the 1980s, there's further tension between Simon's desire to exploit this stereotypical fantasy and his (as well as the author's) desire to treat the women as human beings, despite the women's claims that Simon can't distinguish between their personalities. Employing a variety of forms, Barthelme gracefully plays with this setup, creating a story ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780399129216ISBN:0399129219
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 208 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. 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
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam, New York
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780399129216ISBN:0399129219
Description: 0399129219. Very good in very good dust jacket. Clean, tight book with no marks or tears; bright DJ has limited edgewear, some spotting inside; 8.5 x 5.5 inches; 208 p.; Prize-winning novelist's "horrifically comic and bluntly melancholy" tale of a middle-aged Philadelphia architect's year without cares and with three much younger women. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 p. American Literature (Dalkey Archive). Audience: General/trade. Book is in very good condition. Cover has a slight crease on lower corner. Pages are clean, binding is tight. We ship daily, Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780399129216ISBN:0399129219
Description: Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library Novel about architect with a year to do as he pleases. Dj very good, only inside usual library markings. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780399129216ISBN:0399129219
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library This book is in very good condition. The binding is tight and pages are clean. It is an ex-library book so it has the usual library pocket, stamps, numbering and labels. The interior pages are very clean and tight. The dust jacket is in very good condition with bumps and scuffs. It is protected by a clear library jacket. read more
Description: Fine. 0140103589 Excellent condition Soft cover book, clean pages, No creases to spine, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 p. American Literature (Dalkey Archive). Audience: General/trade. read more
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