A comedy of English modern manners - or the lack of them - by the author of "The Stainless Angel". At a Chelsea dinner-party, despite the presence of his long-suffering wife, artist Jack Carey slips his host's vampish sister his business card, promising future exchanges of a more intimate nature.
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A comedy of English modern manners - or the lack of them - by the author of "The Stainless Angel". At a Chelsea dinner-party, despite the presence of his long-suffering wife, artist Jack Carey slips his host's vampish sister his business card, promising future exchanges of a more intimate nature.
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Good. All pages and cover are intact. Possible slightly loose binding, minor highlighting and marginalia, cocked spine or torn dust jacket. Maybe an ex-library copy and not include the accompanying CDs, access codes or other supplemental materials.
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Good. COPYRIGHT 1994. COVER HAS SOME CREASING AND A LITTLE SHELF WEAR. 378 PAGE TEXT HAS ONLY LIGHT WEAR. FICTION. 4.25'' X 7''. WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.
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This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
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Very good. NICE BOOK! MILD SHELF WEAR & ONE FAINT SPINE CREASE ON GREEN COVER. CLEAN PAGES, NO MARKS. From Publishers Weekly: With an impeccable blend of empathy and mocking wit, Palmer (Scarlet Angel) delivers a novel of high-society slapstick that is nearly impossible to put down. The trouble-and the abundance of delightful wickedness-stems from the chic summer dinner party thrown by Victoria and James Harting, owners of that trendy London exhibition space known simply as ""The Gallery."" Chosen from Victoria's wide acquaintance with the bright and privileged social stratum she calls the ""glitterarty, "" the guest list includes Jack Carey-The Gallery's star artist-and his capable, serene-seeming wife, Ellen. Also invited are narcissistic, compulsively adulterous Tessa, her jealous husband, Alexander, and Ginevra, Victoria's frumpy but brilliant university chum. During the evening, Jack initiates his affair with Tessa, while Ellen establishes a tentative friendship with awkward Ginevra. Brief, snappily written scenes trace the events of the next few months: As voracious Tessa becomes more of a challenge than Jack ever imagined, Ellen-chafing against the confines of her marriage-struggles to find a role more meaningful than being her egotistical husband's caretaker. Meanwhile, Ginevra-living in isolated squalor-nurses her unrequited love for James and slides slowly into vengeful, self-destructive madness. Perhaps the novel's piece de resistance is the wildly disastrous opening night of Jack's long-awaited art show-but that's only one of the many hilarious, acutely observed scenes that pepper this savvy and highly literate romp. \nCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. -From Booklist: Fans of the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral will lap up this story of manners and morals in the frightfully insular world of the London upper classes. Old friends meet at a fashionable dinner party given by the Hardings, an arty, solvent couple who run a London gallery. This gathering introduces a small cast of characters who are simultaneously affected by sexual wanderlust and infidelity's repercussions within their circle. One by one they tumble into adulterous fantasy and affairs like dominoes, with the irrepressible artist Jack setting off events when he lures his friend's wife into bed with the dependable I-would-love-to-paint-you line. Although the engaging characters and wry humor entice to the end, the novel's light sophistication illuminates only a plot that is a good deal of fuss over very little. For those fascinated with the British upper-class milieu, more substance can be found in the ironic wit and perspective of Mary Wesley or Fay Weldon. Deanna Larson-Whiterod.
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Very Good. 378 pages; light edge wear; At a Chelsea dinner party hosted by gallery owners James and Victoria Harting, the decor is charming, the wine superb and the conversation clever. Beneath the surface, however, all is not quite so refined. At such a feast of forbidden fruit, even the most polite guest might indulge a little too much--and everyone could suffer.
