Christopher: A Tale of Seduction - Softcover

Burnett, Allison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767913337 ISBN 13: 9780767913331

Verlag: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del, 2003

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Book by Burnett Allison

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The unemployed, middle-aged, unattractive, troubled, and lonely gay narrator, B. K. Troop falls madly in lust with his attractive new neighbor, Christopher Ireland, an idealistic young would-be novelist reeling from a bitter divorce embarking on his own quest for a meaningful life, and sets out seduce him. Original.

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;Either he’s channeling Truman Capote’s spirit, or Allison Burnett has created, all by himself, one of the more assured narrative voices in recent memory. His B. K. Troop is a pitch-perfect creation: bitchy-funny with a twist of rue.” —Louis Bayard, author of Fool’s Errand and Endangered Species

“Christopher is the literary equivalent of sparkling banter whose aftermath is trenchant poignancy. The deep, sad truths of this slyly funny novel continue to gather force long after you’ve finished reading.” —Kate Christensen, author of In the Drink and Jeremy Thrane

The delicious debut of a hilarious new voice in fiction. It’s Oscar Wilde meets Nabokov meets something entirely new.

Unemployed, middle-aged, bipolar, gay, bitingly witty, erudite, unattractive, and lonely, B. K. Troop, the narrator of Christopher, isn’t exactly l

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• Verlag: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0767913337
• ISBN 13: 9780767913331
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288