Snakebite Sonnet
Phillips, Max
ISBN 10: 0349109338 ISBN 13: 9780349109336
Published by Abacus, 1997
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Synopsis:
Nick Wertheim first meets Julia when he's aged ten and she's 19. Already half in love with her, he saves her from a snake. Julia is a wild card, an alcoholic, erratic and beautiful. Their story spans 20 years as they fall in and out of love.
Review: Snakebite Sonnet begins with the unbridled attraction 10-year-old Nicky Wertheim feels toward 19-year-old Julia Turrell. So begins a long on-again-off-again relationship based mostly on lust. Throughout the novel, from Nicky's childhood in New Jersey to college life at Cornell and then on to the life of an East Village punk, Julia appears and reappears to Nicky, leading to a series of encounters that bring bliss and misery in equal measures to both participants. Max Phillips' razor-sharp satirical instincts give this first novel an edge that many coming-of-age efforts lack.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Snakebite Sonnet
Publisher: Abacus
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good