Author: John Blumenthal
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312323684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A hysterical new novel from the author of What's Wrong with Dorfman? Once a gangly teenager in oversized clothes, Plato G. Fussell is now handsome and independently wealthy. But inside he's still a bundle of neuroses and anxieties, with a tendency to engage in moronic word games in the presence of beautiful women. In the midst of working on his definitive ten-volume biography of Millard Fillmore, Plato finds himself dodging his vile ex-wife, trying to please his demanding elderly mother by inquiring weekly about the state of her bowels, and attempting to remain verbally coherent while courting a young woman whom he meets after her errant Frisbee connects with his cranium. As Plato blunders on in search of true love, romance, and an acceptable degree of worldwide cleanliness, he discovers that loving someone and knowing them needn't go hand-in-hand.
Millard Fillmore, Mon Amour
Author: John Blumenthal
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312323684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A hysterical new novel from the author of What's Wrong with Dorfman? Once a gangly teenager in oversized clothes, Plato G. Fussell is now handsome and independently wealthy. But inside he's still a bundle of neuroses and anxieties, with a tendency to engage in moronic word games in the presence of beautiful women. In the midst of working on his definitive ten-volume biography of Millard Fillmore, Plato finds himself dodging his vile ex-wife, trying to please his demanding elderly mother by inquiring weekly about the state of her bowels, and attempting to remain verbally coherent while courting a young woman whom he meets after her errant Frisbee connects with his cranium. As Plato blunders on in search of true love, romance, and an acceptable degree of worldwide cleanliness, he discovers that loving someone and knowing them needn't go hand-in-hand.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312323684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A hysterical new novel from the author of What's Wrong with Dorfman? Once a gangly teenager in oversized clothes, Plato G. Fussell is now handsome and independently wealthy. But inside he's still a bundle of neuroses and anxieties, with a tendency to engage in moronic word games in the presence of beautiful women. In the midst of working on his definitive ten-volume biography of Millard Fillmore, Plato finds himself dodging his vile ex-wife, trying to please his demanding elderly mother by inquiring weekly about the state of her bowels, and attempting to remain verbally coherent while courting a young woman whom he meets after her errant Frisbee connects with his cranium. As Plato blunders on in search of true love, romance, and an acceptable degree of worldwide cleanliness, he discovers that loving someone and knowing them needn't go hand-in-hand.
The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
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American Book Publishing Record
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Three and a Half Virgins
Author: John Blumenthal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967944418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
"'My name is Jimmy Hendricks and I'm a recovering idiot' So begins John Blumenthal's third novel, the story of a small-town New England entrepreneur with a problematical name, who reacts to the abrupt dissolution of his marriage by revisiting his past. Filled with nostalgia, he finds himself gripped by memories of three former girlfriends -- Laura, Samantha and Molly -- each of whom happened to be virgins when he first met them twenty years before. But then the warm refuge of the past turns to icy reality as he recalls how maliciously he tricked, seduced and broke each of their hearts. Overcome by reality and tantalized by curiosity, he finds a way to reshape his past"--Publisher's description.
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ISBN: 9780967944418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
"'My name is Jimmy Hendricks and I'm a recovering idiot' So begins John Blumenthal's third novel, the story of a small-town New England entrepreneur with a problematical name, who reacts to the abrupt dissolution of his marriage by revisiting his past. Filled with nostalgia, he finds himself gripped by memories of three former girlfriends -- Laura, Samantha and Molly -- each of whom happened to be virgins when he first met them twenty years before. But then the warm refuge of the past turns to icy reality as he recalls how maliciously he tricked, seduced and broke each of their hearts. Overcome by reality and tantalized by curiosity, he finds a way to reshape his past"--Publisher's description.
Creating Characters
Author: Marisa D'Vari
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Authors and screenwriters will get a creative boost with this lively and exciting catalogue of creative writing techniques which they can instantly employ to create memorable, realistic characters. D'Vari reveals the creative secrets of highly paid screenwriters and best-selling authors.
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Authors and screenwriters will get a creative boost with this lively and exciting catalogue of creative writing techniques which they can instantly employ to create memorable, realistic characters. D'Vari reveals the creative secrets of highly paid screenwriters and best-selling authors.
The Strange Courtship of Abigail Bird
Author: John Blumenthal
Publisher: Regal House Publishing
ISBN: 9781947548862
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beset by awkward interpersonal skills and an obsession with classic literature, Ishmael Archer seems destined for the lonely life of a literature professor at Longfellow College. While he yearns for female companionship, a recent acrimonious divorce has left him in a state of fragility. Struggling to pay his rent, Ishmael is obliged to undertake one of his most dreaded tasks: teach a summer creative writing class. Convinced that he will be saddled with a group of malcontents who care not a whit for Tolstoy or Dickens, Ishmael is delighted to encounter the luminescent Abigail Bird, whose passion for literature equals his own. Their burgeoning romance is cut abruptly short when Abigail suffers a traumatic head wound and falls into a coma. When she finally awakes, Abigail is inexplicably changed, and Ishmael must find a way to reach the girl with whom he had originally fallen in love. Peppered with an enthralling cast of characters--a college dean obsessed with orchids, a Greek landlord with a deep affinity for the works of Ernest Hemingway, and a self-important writer who vies with Archer for Abigail's affections--The Strange Courtship of Abigail Bird is a heartwarming tale of love, loss, and rediscovery.
Publisher: Regal House Publishing
ISBN: 9781947548862
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beset by awkward interpersonal skills and an obsession with classic literature, Ishmael Archer seems destined for the lonely life of a literature professor at Longfellow College. While he yearns for female companionship, a recent acrimonious divorce has left him in a state of fragility. Struggling to pay his rent, Ishmael is obliged to undertake one of his most dreaded tasks: teach a summer creative writing class. Convinced that he will be saddled with a group of malcontents who care not a whit for Tolstoy or Dickens, Ishmael is delighted to encounter the luminescent Abigail Bird, whose passion for literature equals his own. Their burgeoning romance is cut abruptly short when Abigail suffers a traumatic head wound and falls into a coma. When she finally awakes, Abigail is inexplicably changed, and Ishmael must find a way to reach the girl with whom he had originally fallen in love. Peppered with an enthralling cast of characters--a college dean obsessed with orchids, a Greek landlord with a deep affinity for the works of Ernest Hemingway, and a self-important writer who vies with Archer for Abigail's affections--The Strange Courtship of Abigail Bird is a heartwarming tale of love, loss, and rediscovery.
What's Wrong with Dorfman?
Author: John Blumenthal
Publisher: Griffin
ISBN: 9780967944401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
As he struggles to get his latest film script accepted, Martin Dorfman meets Delilah Fost in his doctor's waiting room and "sets out on an odyssey to find a cure, a quest that takes him to the fringes of alternative medicine."--Cover.
Publisher: Griffin
ISBN: 9780967944401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
As he struggles to get his latest film script accepted, Martin Dorfman meets Delilah Fost in his doctor's waiting room and "sets out on an odyssey to find a cure, a quest that takes him to the fringes of alternative medicine."--Cover.
Out There in the Dark
Author: Wesley Strick
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312343811
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Frustrated by his B-movie career until he is given the opportunity to direct a larger-budget picture, German emigre Dieter Seife endeavors to prove himself but disapproves of the casting of young Harley Hayden in the leading role, an opinion that prompts the ambitious Hayden to investigate the director's background.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312343811
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Frustrated by his B-movie career until he is given the opportunity to direct a larger-budget picture, German emigre Dieter Seife endeavors to prove himself but disapproves of the casting of young Harley Hayden in the leading role, an opinion that prompts the ambitious Hayden to investigate the director's background.
Letters of Alexander Von Humboldt to Varnhagen Von Ense
Author: Alexander von Humboldt
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Honoré de Balzac correspondence on p. 168.
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Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Honoré de Balzac correspondence on p. 168.
Utah Wilderness Inventory
Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management
Publisher:
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Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Publisher:
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Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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