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The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty: A Novel
Amanda Filipacchi
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Description for The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty: A Novel
Paperback. "A sure comic touch .. smart and sweet .. a tribute to the pleasures of friendship." -The New Yorker Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Barb and Lily, two friends at opposite ends of the beauty spectrum, have the same problem: each fears she will never find a love that can overcome her looks. To complicate matters, they discover that they may have a murderer in their midst, that Barb's calm disposition is more dangerously provocative than her beauty and Lily's musical talents are more powerful than anyone could have imagined. Funny, surreal, absurd and charmingly preposterous (The New York Times), The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty is a modern day, loopily entertaining (The Washington Post), fairy tale. With biting wit and ... Read more
Barb and Lily, two friends at opposite ends of the beauty spectrum, have the same problem: each fears she will never find a love that can overcome her looks. To complicate matters, they discover that they may have a murderer in their midst, that Barb's calm disposition is more dangerously provocative than her beauty and Lily's musical talents are more powerful than anyone could have imagined. Funny, surreal, absurd and charmingly preposterous (The New York Times), The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty is a modern day, loopily entertaining (The Washington Post), fairy tale. With biting wit and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
269g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393352306
SKU
V9780393352306
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About Amanda Filipacchi
Amanda Filipacchi is the author of three previous novels, Nude Men, Vapor, and, most recently, Love Creeps. Her writing has appeared in Best American Humor and elsewhere. She lives in New York City.
Reviews for The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty: A Novel
A sure comic touch... smart and sweet... a tribute to the pleasures of friendship.
The New Yorker ... Filipacchi fluently combines her surreal portrait of a city addicted to self-love with a sure, light-footed and lethal comic touch.
The Daily Mail We're in chick-lit territory here, but of the charming variety.
The ... Read more
The New Yorker ... Filipacchi fluently combines her surreal portrait of a city addicted to self-love with a sure, light-footed and lethal comic touch.
The Daily Mail We're in chick-lit territory here, but of the charming variety.
The ... Read more