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Howard has not before written as complex, well-rounded and satisfying a novel as this one. It has her hallmarks: lean, supple prose, light-fingered irony, acerbic observation of our life and times. In addition, there are new strengths: fully fleshed out characters (including a Puerto Rican maid and a tough-talking exrock star), a perfect command of vernacular idiom, a sense of the mystic interlocking of disparate lives. Esteemed and wealthy author Margaret Flood, on the eve of a heart-bypass operation, decides to revise (and tell the truth about) the versions of her life she has transmogrified into her bestselling novels. She tells of her first husband, eminent heart surgeon Jack Flood; of her second, socialite, political activist, now alcoholic Pinkham Strong; of her precocious, loving son Bayard. The narrative moves smoothly, engrossing the reader in the details of Margaret's relationships, when suddenly and, we realize, with a raw reality that has been missing from Margaret's novelstragedy strikes. The effect is stunning; the book explodes with poignant meaning. Howard's insightful comments on the phony glamour of political activism and the universality of self-deception (how we all "write" the story of our lives) add depth to a significant novel.
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Expensive Habits (First U.K. Edition)
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Viking, London, 1986
ISBN 10: 0670812919
ISBN 13: 9780670812912
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Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. London: Viking [1986]. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine dust jacket, which has some slight rubbing. A nice tight copy. F4000. Seller Inventory # uk24
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Expensive Habits: A Novel
Seller: Redruth Book Shop, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st UK Edition. Good condition book and DJ not price clipped. 268 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing, no previous names. DJ has 1" tear top right hand corner, repairable. 'Told by her doctors that she hasn't long to live, the formidable Margaret Flood, who always drives a sharp bargain, changes doctors, has a succcessful bypass operation, and sets the record straight. Expensive Habits is her story.'. Seller Inventory # 021778
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