The Old Man and Me

Zusatztext Fierce! gamey! vixenish - as if it was bled not written and one is left with a stack of feathers and cracked bones and witch laughter. Definitely demonic! exquisitely carved! deadly murderous comedy Informationen zum Autor Elaine Dundy (1921-2008) grew up in New York City and Long Island. After graduating from Sweet Briar College in 1943, she worked as an actress in Paris and, later, London, where she met her future husband, the theater critic Kenneth Tynan. Dundy wrote three novels, The Dud Avocado (1958), The Old Man and Me (1964), and The Injured Party (1974); a play, My Place (produced in 1962); biographies of Elvis Presley and the actor Peter Finch; a study of Ferriday, Louisiana; and a memoir, Life Itself! Klappentext * Black comedy in the style of The Dud Avocado * 'Definitely demonic, exquisitely carved, deadly murderous comedy' Dawn Powell, Book Week Vorwort A wickedly funny novel about falling in love with an Old Man and the Old World, despite the best intentions. Zusammenfassung A wickedly funny novel about falling in love with an Old Man and the Old World, despite the best intentions.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Dundy, Dundy Elaine
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.2005
• EAN: 9781844081240
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-124-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; Virago modern classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, FICTION / Romance / General, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Romance / Later in Life, Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Fiction: general and literary