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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0312336926
ISBN-13: 9780312336929
Feb 2005
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
265 pages
Language: English |
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Synopsis
The writer of the screenplay for GOSFORD PARK sets his first novel in a similar milieu, the snobby world of the English upper-crust. Narrated by a young actor, himself a renegade aristocrat, it's the story of a bright young woman who marries a not-too-bright peer and then, after the inevitable divorce, wishes she had it all back. As he tells Edith's story, the narrator provides priceless commentary on the kind of people he knows so well.
| Size | | Length: | 265 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 18.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
"An archly amusing first novel....A wonderful commonplace book of wit and wisdom on snobs and aspiring snobs...."
Kirkus (12/15/2004)
"Wodehouse gets a modern twist in this brilliantly acerbic tale....Gossipy and dishy, this...is a merciless and hilarious sendup of snobbery and social jealousy, revealing the pettiness and self-absorption of both the envious and the envied."
Publishers Weekly (01/17/2005)
""So we're back to idealizing the pre-1914 years. It does seem that the world has been steadily falling apart since then, but weren't things also a mess before 1914? And this makes me realize there is nowhere to turn: the present is lousy, the future is morbid and the past is a sham. But there are books. When you read a book, you're lost in time. All the more reason to read SNOBS. It will distract you pleasantly. It's like a visit to an English country estate: breezy, beautiful and charming."
New York Times Book Review - Jonathan Ames (03/13/2005)
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