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Alice Fantastic - Paperback By Estep, Maggie - GOOD
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- Condition
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- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9781933354811
- Book Title
- Alice Fantastic
- Item Length
- 8.3in
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Games & Activities, Fiction
- Topic
- Contemporary Women, Family Life, Gambling / Track Betting, Literary
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 13 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 248 Pages
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In this engaging novel, Estep, a poet and poetry jam performer and author of the Ruby Murphy mystery series (e.g., Flamethrower), peeks into the lives of three women, their lovers, and their dogs. Alice, mid-thirties and a professional gambler, is trying to break up with Clayton, her big oaf of a boyfriend who just won't take a hint. Her younger half-sister, Eloise, a designer of stuffed animals, is recovering from the sudden death of her lover, a trapeze instructor. She didn't like him all that much, but still. Their mother, Kimberly, has been finding love with women lately, but her strongest attachment is to the injured and abandoned dogs she rescues, and she frequently foists dogs upon her daughters for fostering. The women were never close, but as the novel takes them through some action-packed months, with changes in lovers, assorted tragedies and mishaps, secrets uncovered, and an ever-changing cast of canines, they come to realize what they mean to one another and that maybe there are needs another human can fill better than a dog can. Edgy in parts, touching in others, but always entertaining.Debbie Bogenschutz, Cincinnati State Technical Community Coll. Lib. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Akashic Books
ISBN-10
193335481x
ISBN-13
9781933354811
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038526102
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alice Fantastic
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Contemporary Women, Family Life, Gambling / Track Betting, Literary
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Games & Activities, Fiction
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3555.S754
Reviews
No one else writes sentences like Maggie Estep; hers zip and loop and poke at us like a flirt. The characters in Alice Fantastic lead lives of ragged and chaotic romance with men, women, and dogs, set against a backdrop of New York City's last remaining fringes--you know, the fringes where the rest of us all live. The result is a book as unexpected as it is strangely reassuring and familiar. I loved it, and my pit bulls did too., Maggie Estep writes like a character you hope to meet at the bar of your dreams. She tells stories about gorgeous freaks, addled hipsters, kicked puppies, gold-hearted tough guys, galavanters, bridge climbers, soft-boiled horse players, and nice ladies--many of whom have interesting love affairs, occasionally with one another. Even better, she describes them all with sympathy, verve, wry emotional intelligence, and a little disdain. It's like reading Dashiell Hammett and Laurie Colwin at the same time. Alice Fantastic will make you dazed and susceptible., ""The storytelling has vitality and a spirit of rebellion, giving us hope for the future of all those bad girls with dirty faces and bad boys on bikes."--The New York Times "There is about Maggie Estep's work a directness, a clear determination--a drive to cut through, to break through, to claw through--that is impressive."--A.M. Homes, author of The Mistress's Daughter "Maggie Estep is the bastard daughter of Raymond Chandler and Anais Nin. Her prose is hard-boiled and sexy; she turns a good phrase and shows some leg."--Jonathan Ames, author of Wake Up, Sir! "
Copyright Date
2009
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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