Truth and Consequences: A Novel - Softcover

Lurie, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143038036 ISBN 13: 9780143038030

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2006

Synopsis

Over the years, Alison Lurie has earned a devoted readership for her satiric wit and storytelling acumen. With Truth and Consequences, described by the New Yorker as "a comedy of adultery with a comedy of academia thrown in," Lurie returns with a modern social satire that recalls the best of David Lodge and Mary McCarthy as well as her own popular university novels The War Between the Tates and Foreign Affairs. BACKCOVER: "A wily, shapely tale of love's labors lost."
-Elle

"A wry, insightful, thoroughly enjoyable tale about how men and women choose their demons and their lovers, and the sacrifices they're willing to make for both."
-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Delightful . . . Her characters are, as always, wonderfully imperfect."
-The New York Review of Books

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"A wily, shapely tale of love’s labors lost."
—Elle

"A wry, insightful, thoroughly enjoyable tale about how men and women choose their demons and their lovers, and the sacrifices they’re willing to make for both."
—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Delightful . . . Her characters are, as always, wonderfully imperfect."
—The New York Review of Books

About the Author:

Alison Lurie is the author of many highly praised novels, including The War Between the Tates, The Truth About Lorin Jones (Prix Femina Etranger), and Foreign Affairs (Pulitzer Prize for fiction). Her most recent book was Familiar Spirits. She teaches writing, folklore, and literature at Cornell University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0143038036
• ISBN 13: 9780143038030
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240