The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty: A Novel - Softcover

Amanda Filipacchi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393352307 ISBN 13: 9780393352306

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2016

Synopsis

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 offbeat charm, Amanda Filipacchi illuminates the labyrinthine relationship between beauty, desire and identity.

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Review:

"Takes a fairy tale, flips it on its head, and adds an element of murder...will both make you laugh and keep you on the edge of your seat." --Glamour

"...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

"...[a] comic take on aesthetics..."

Grazia

"...charming..."

--The Irish Times

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0393352307
• ISBN 13: 9780393352306
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336