Truth and Consequences - Softcover

Lurie, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143038036 ISBN 13: 9780143038030

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2006

Synopsis

Over the years, Alison Lurie has earned a devoted readership for her satiric wit and storytelling acumen. With Truth and Consequences, described by the New Yorker as "a comedy of adultery with a comedy of academia thrown in," Lurie returns with a modern social satire that recalls the best of David Lodge and Mary McCarthy as well as her own popular university novels The War Between the Tates and Foreign Affairs. BACKCOVER: "A wily, shapely tale of love's labors lost."
-Elle

"A wry, insightful, thoroughly enjoyable tale about how men and women choose their demons and their lovers, and the sacrifices they're willing to make for both."
-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Delightful . . . Her characters are, as always, wonderfully imperfect."
-The New York Review of Books

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Review:

"A wry, insightful, thoroughly enjoyable tale about how men and women choose their demons and their lovers, and the sacrifices they're willing to make for both." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Delightful . . . Her characters are, as always, wonderfully imperfect." --The New York Review of Books

From the Publisher:

Highly enjoyable novel - witty and subtle - about natural-born-carers (those with a mission to look after other people) and their relationships with natural-born-egotists (those who demand to be cared for).

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0143038036
• ISBN 13: 9780143038030
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240