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Denoon, Anne

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ISBN 10: 0889842388 ISBN 13: 9780889842380

Verlag: Porcupine's Quill Inc.,Canada, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Denoon has a ball lampooning the wannabe local art scene and the emerging city's sudden hunger for global applause, circa 1967.

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The ensemble cast of this first novel ... is ... constantly on the make -- for sex, social advantage, financial gain or some combination thereof. In other words, they're exceedingly entertaining.... The moral of the story is that there isn't any -- and that's part of the wicked charm of this satirical romp, which mixes insights on the politics of influence and of intimacy with a gossipy, buoyant insouciance.'--Barbara Carey "Toronto Star "

The Sixties, though much written about, are not easy to get right in fiction or film.... What Denoon brings to the mix is what was missing at the time: wisdom.... [Her portrait of the tight, incestuous world that formed the Toronto art scene in '67 thoughtfully skewers it, while magically bringing it to life.'--Nancy Wigston "Books in Canada "

Toronto visual artists and mavens who came of age in the late 1960s will likely find Anne Denoon's first novel a delight -- when they're not cringing at its satiric pricks.... Gender disparities and furtive sex-capades are recurring motifs, pursued with a keen, sometimes touching eye for the ridiculous.'--Jim Bartley "Globe & Mail "

Denoon does a remarkable job of mixing and matching her creations ... as assignations go wrong and flirtatious behaviours and sexual innuendoes are misinterpreted.... There is a forgery, a painting is vandalized, there are at least two deaths, and the pretentious art community is wickedly satirized in an entertaining manner.'--W.P. Kinsella "Books in Canada "

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Denoon has a ball lampooning the wannabe local art scene and the emerging city's sudden hunger for global applause, circa 1967.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Porcupine's Quill Inc.,Canada
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0889842388
• ISBN 13: 9780889842380
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar