The Last Resort
Lurie, Alison - SIGNED & RARE
From THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller Since March 28, 2003
Quantity: 1From THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller Since March 28, 2003
Quantity: 1About this Item
Perfect new copy, stored in a low light book room since publication, and SIGNED at the Charleston Festival in Sussex. Perfect collectable. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Seller Inventory # ABE-2668033614
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Last Resort
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: Signed by Author
Edition: 1st Edition.
About this title
For the irascible Wilkie, the trip turns out to be a blessing in disguise. Convinced that he's no longer in ecological vogue and certain that he's suffering from cancer, he's finally free to plan a tragic swimming accident. Alas, each of his attempts is foiled: once he can't get rid of a hanger-on, and another time someone else has the audacity to kill himself, thereby stealing his limelight. What's worse, the man was suffering from AIDS, and Wilkie certainly doesn't want that sort of information to sully his own obit. The Last Resort is a hilarious--and merciless--look at social and sexual desire and literary reputation. Jenny is well aware, for example, "that to refuse to look at a writer's work is always a deadly insult," whether the writer is her husband or an ex-beatnik poet. As one character reasonably remarks, "You don't have to be intellectually brilliant to be a famous American poet. It's a handicap, sometimes. Innocent egotism, good looks, romantic sensibility, a thrilling speaking voice, and a nice little lyric gift, that's what makes it with the reviewers and the public."
Lurie is always keen to prick any human vanity or fashionable ism--and does so exquisitely. In addition to its infinitely satisfying ironies and indelible characters, The Last Resort, though far from Arcadia, offers up a serious call for us to seize the "bright full present" while we can.
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