You Don't Love Me Yet [Advance Reading Copy]

Jonathan Lethem

ISBN 10: 038551218X / ISBN 13: 9780385512183

Published by Doubleday, 2007

About this Item

Advance Reading Copy. First Edition w/full number line. Bright, clean & tight paperback, unread in AS NEW condition. "Jonathan Lethem turns a keen, affectionate eye on the paradoxes of love and art in this romantic farce set among the members of an aspiring rock band in Los Angeles." Sharp corners & crisp edges, square binding w/no creases in spine, no jacket as issued.

Seller Inventory # RUB933

Bibliographic Details

• Title: You Don't Love Me Yet [Advance Reading Copy]
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038551218X
• ISBN 13: 9780385512183
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Special Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

From the incomparable Jonathan Lethem, a raucous romantic farce that explores the paradoxes of love and art

Lucinda Hoekke spends eight hours a day at the Complaint Line, listening to anonymous callers air their random grievances. Most of the time, the work is excruciatingly tedious. But one frequent caller, who insists on speaking only to Lucinda, captivates her with his off-color ruminations and opaque self-reflections. In blatant defiance of the rules, Lucinda and the Complainer arrange a face-to-face meeting—and fall desperately in love.
Consumed by passion, Lucinda manages only to tear herself away from the Complainer to practice with the alternative band in which she plays bass. The lead singer of the band is Matthew, a confused young man who works at the zoo and has kidnapped a kangaroo to save it from ennui. Denise, the drummer, works at No Shame, a masturbation boutique. The band’s talented lyricist, Bedwin, conflicted about the group’s as-yet-nonexistent fame, is suffering from writer’s block. Hoping to recharge the band’s creative energy, Lucinda “suggests” some of the Complainer’s philosophical musings to Bedwin. When Bedwin transforms them into brilliant songs, the band gets its big break, including an invitation to appear on L.A.’s premiere alternative radio show. The only problem is the Complainer. He insists on joining the band, with disastrous consequences for all.
Brimming with satire and sex, You Don’t Love Me Yet is a funny and affectionate send-up of the alternative band scene, the city of Los Angeles, and the entire genre of romantic comedy, but remains unmistakably the work of the inimitable Jonathan Lethem.

About the Author

JONATHAN LETHEM is the author of six novels, including the bestsellers The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is also the author of two short story collections, Men and Cartoons and The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye, and a collection of essays, The Disappointment Artist. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and Maine.