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Title: Di and I: A Novel by Peter Lefcourt ISBN: 0-679-42583-7 Publisher: Random House Inc Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: very surprising and well-done
Comment: Leonard Schecter is an American of Polish Jewish descent who goes to England to research a miniseries on Princess Diana. Through a series of events, he manages to dance with her at the Togolese embassy, and in their brief conversation sees a woman who wants and needs to be saved. Schecter is determined to offer her salvation, and in the most unlikely of events (although if you really thought it through, you could pull this off), he takes her and the two young princes off to a new life.
I was surprised because this came out in 1994 and painting Prince Wills as rather pompous and petulant probably did not sit well with the Royal Family. However, anyone familiar with Diana's life could read in this a fantasy that everyone wished had happened -- that she had been rescued and happy. (And everyone knew of Diana -- the day after her death, I saw a homeless man bend to read the front-page article through the front glass of a newspaper stand.)
This is imaginative and also strangely cathartic -- you feel like you were rescued too.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Funny Story!
Comment: Leonard Schecter, who describes himself as a Polish Jew, is an American who goes to England to gather information for a TV series on the real Princess Diana. She has already left Charles when the novel begins. As in every good novel something happens. In this instance Lennie and Di fall hopelessly in love. A stretch of the imagination? Maybe but why not. What transpires is deliciously funny. Leonard, along with Princess Di and her two sons, flees England for the U. S. Their flight will make you smile. We learn that Di reads both Danielle Steele and Jacqueline Susann and that Princess Margaret likes the poem "The Congo." We also meet Fergie and her un-named rich famous American lover, whose identity we can guess anyway. One of the funniest passages in this fun book is the account of Di and her sons' learning to speak "American." And you will never feel the same about a McDonald's again after reading this book.
I suspect that this little concoction suffered because of the later tragic death of Princess Diana although it should not have. The tale is told with a great deal of affection and good humor and is quite harmless. Certainly a book that makes you smile as much as this one does is good for you.
Rating: 3
Summary: Better than those survived the crash stories but not by much
Comment: I've got both the paperback and hardback (this one has the most attractive cover)editions and found the story very interesting but also saddening. The Princess could have used some sort of getaway so often in her life for stress reduction, to possibly save her marriage, even to save her life.
So many people used her to make themselves a lot of money without caring anything about her, I wonder if this book mght be one of those. ...descriptive reviews tell the story very well and I did find much to like in the book but I just can't shake the feeling that Lefcourt was simply in it for the money. I think it is a better story than "Whose Death in The Tunnel?" and possibly better than "A Life to Di For", but not by much.
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Title: Eleven Karens: A Novel by Peter Lefcourt ISBN: 0684870347 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Woody by Peter Lefcourt ISBN: 0671038559 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story by Peter Lefcourt ISBN: 0060975598 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Abbreviating Ernie: A Novel by Peter Lefcourt ISBN: 0679439501 Publisher: Random House Inc Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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