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Description for Peyton Amberg
Paperback. 'What was the use of living in a porn film now, at her age?' pondered Peyton Amberg, alone in a Hong Kong hotel room. At twenty, when she could have pulled a film star, she'd had no sex drive at all. Then she - and her mother - had wanted love and commitment so she married the 'Jewish dentist' who thought she was a goddess but left her cold. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
'What was the use of living in a porn film now, at her age?' pondered Peyton Amberg, alone in a glamorous Hong Kong hotel room. At twenty, when she could have pulled a film star, she'd had no sex drive at all. Then she - and her mother - had wanted love and commitment so she married the 'nebbishy Jewish dentist' who thought she was a goddess but left her cold. Now she is on a world tour of past loves and lusty last stands which are getting to feel painfully insalubrious. As the young man she pursues in Antwerp ... Read more
'What was the use of living in a porn film now, at her age?' pondered Peyton Amberg, alone in a glamorous Hong Kong hotel room. At twenty, when she could have pulled a film star, she'd had no sex drive at all. Then she - and her mother - had wanted love and commitment so she married the 'nebbishy Jewish dentist' who thought she was a goddess but left her cold. Now she is on a world tour of past loves and lusty last stands which are getting to feel painfully insalubrious. As the young man she pursues in Antwerp ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747568346
SKU
KRS0003954
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Tama Janowitz
Tama Janowitz is the author of a book of essays, five novels and a book for children. Her writing has appeared in Vogue, New York Times Sunday Magazine and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn.
Reviews for Peyton Amberg
'Wonderful ... Peyton is not easily forgotten ... This is a novel about class and sex in America, raw, rude, upsetting and immensely invigorating' Fay Weldon, Guardian 'Tama Janowitz is at her most cruel and witty ... Peyton is the new anti-heroine, the older woman desperate to escape the life she thought she always wanted' Daily Express 'Janowitz's ... Read more