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Title: Nude Men by Amanda Filipacchi ISBN: 0-434-25946-2 Publisher: Arrow (A Division of Random House Group) Pub. Date: 10 June, 1993 Format: Hardcover |
Average Customer Rating: 4.19 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Thought-provoking with a shocking ending
Comment: Every time I read a novel by Amanda Filipacchi I always end up with a feeling of guilt for enjoying a book that's so quirky and surreal--but I guess that's the kind of effect she wants to have on her readers. I enjoyed this book, the "little girl" was the force that shaped the story on this magnificent novel. I like how Amanda mixes a surreal plot with humor---I laughed out loud throughout the book. Although this is a great book---I particularly love her second novel, Vapor a lot better (it is in fact, one of my favorites). Read this book---if you dare.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not for everyone but definately for me!
Comment: I can't say enough about the beautiful imaginative writing in Nude Men. For a first time novel, the story is a page-turner. I found it to be brilliant, clever and wonderfully surreal. The characters are warm and sympathetic-especially the protagonist, Jeremy Acidopholus (yes, like the active yogurt culture). What more can I say? This book made me laugh out loud. Amanda Filapacchi is a writer gifted with the ability to paint a vivid world of intriguing characters and bizarre situations. I'm sad that this book is out of print.
Rating: 4
Summary: Strangely charming, even with the awkward subject
Comment: This was one title that was a joy to ask bookstore clerks for: "Do you have Nude Men?" I'm reminded of the Monty Python skit where the customer keeps asking for books by Charles Dickens--the one with two "k"s. The looks that the clerks give you at such a question is priceless.
Terrorizing bookstore clerks aside, Nude Men is worthy of attention for all that lies within its covers as well. I first heard about this book by following a thread on rec.arts.books about novels of humor. (This is a reoccurring thread on r.a.b that you can bet on to pop up at least once a year.) The classics (Wodehouse, Jerome K. Jerome, Twain) always get mentioned, but I follow the thread for those one or two books that no one's ever heard of before. In this case, I was especially intrigued by the title and the poster's description of the plot as concerning a fellow who is seduced by an eleven-year-old girl. I thought, "If someone can make this funny, it's got to be good."
Good it is, although funny, it should be noted, is not the main thrust of this book. Yes, there's quite a bit of humor, unexpected and sometimes audacious, as in the seduction scene, but it is the characters--the self-absorbed main character, Jeremy Acidophilus; Lady Henrietta, the painter he thinks he is in love with; her daughter, the precocious nymphet; and his ultra-conservative girlfriend, Charlotte--and their interactions, sometimes funny, sometimes painful, and one whopper of a strange plot that continually surprises, that mark this book as different. It is, of course, a first novel. I say of course because only beginners challenge the status quo of acceptable practice and subjects quite as strongly as this. Even though Nabokov wrote a classic on the subject, this is one area that still is taboo, especially treated as anything other than sexual abuse. While I might find it hard to recommend this novel for its humor potential alone, as a work both strange and comical, it is daring and magical.
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Title: Vapor: A Novel by Amanda Filipacchi ISBN: 0786711299 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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