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Features the characters from "Blue Heaven". Writer Philip Cavanaugh is mourning the speedy demise of his first off-Broadway show when his pal Gilbert approaches him with what seems an ideal remedy for his shattered ego and bank account.
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"made me howl with laughter - literally" (David Leavitt)
"Keenan writes like an uncloseted Coward. Not high-minded satire but somethign much rarer - pure-hearted camp" (Voice Literary Supplement)
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"Keenan writes like an uncloseted Coward. Not high-minded satire but somethign much rarer - pure-hearted camp" (Voice Literary Supplement)
The gloriously funny sequel to Blue Heaven.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0140230378
- ISBN 13 9780140230376
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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Putting on the Ritz
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Penguin Books Ltd, London
(1993)
ISBN 10: 0140230378
ISBN 13: 9780140230376
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. A segment of "sophisticated" New York society, with its ostentation and inc essant craving for pleasure and publicity, provides Keenan ( Blue Heaven , Penguin, 1988) with abundant opportunity for the exercise of his caustic wi t and power of observation. The story revolves around the efforts of songwr iters Philip and Claire to compose lyrics and music for the talentless wife of an arrogant real estate magnate while spying on the couple for their fr iend Gilbert, who is working on an expose of the husband's questionable bus iness dealings. Most chapters provide compact essays on stereotyped people and are animated by just the right amount of malice. The fact that many of the characters seem molded more from familiarity than fancy only serves to heighten their plausibility. The book moves briskly and should keep most re aders amused. Seller Inventory # RWARE0000013930
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