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Frederick Case is a 42-year-old New Zealand film-maker failing in London. He's separated from his wife, Sophie Carlisle, an actress who has run off with super-stud actor Matt Chalmers, her co-star in the smash hit movie Shag City - the first mainstream film ever to depict an erect penis being sucked. To make matters worse Sophie is pregnant.
When Frederick is invited to fly out to the film world's party of the year on the remote Pacific island of Makulalanana, knowing that Sophie and Matt will be there, he hires 'Miss Melissa', a hooker, to play the part of his gorgeous new girlfriend. On meeting Sophie again, Frederick is convinced that the baby must be his. He pays Melissa to seduce Matt...
When Frederick is invited to fly out to the film world's party of the year on the remote Pacific island of Makulalanana, knowing that Sophie and Matt will be there, he hires 'Miss Melissa', a hooker, to play the part of his gorgeous new girlfriend. On meeting Sophie again, Frederick is convinced that the baby must be his. He pays Melissa to seduce Matt...
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Paperback. Pub Date: 2004 07 Pages: 336 in Publisher: Vintage A hilarious first novel about life love the film business - and ex-pat New Zealanders.
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"Clever and entertaining... A delight to read" (Time Out)
"Brandt's agile wit and graceful prose lift this comedy of middle-aged masculinity well above the competition" (Observer)
"A tragi-comic gem" (Sunday Tribune)
"This is a dazzling piece of writing" (New Zealand Herald)
"Brandt's agile wit and graceful prose lift this comedy of middle-aged masculinity well above the competition" (Observer)
"A tragi-comic gem" (Sunday Tribune)
"This is a dazzling piece of writing" (New Zealand Herald)
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 009928443X
- ISBN 13 9780099284437
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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