*A rogues' gallery of the boys in one girl's life *From the age of twelve, Phoebe Fine, the shy but observant daughter of an oboeist, finds that love is a risky game to play. There is Roger Mancuso, who offers Phoebe her first cigarette, her first kiss, and her first experience of loss. There is Spitty Clark, an alcoholic and a possible criminal but also somehow one of the good guys. Later comes arrogant Pablo Miles, who licks the back of Phoebe's hand moments after he meets her at a party. And so it goes, as Phoebe ...
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*A rogues' gallery of the boys in one girl's life *From the age of twelve, Phoebe Fine, the shy but observant daughter of an oboeist, finds that love is a risky game to play. There is Roger Mancuso, who offers Phoebe her first cigarette, her first kiss, and her first experience of loss. There is Spitty Clark, an alcoholic and a possible criminal but also somehow one of the good guys. Later comes arrogant Pablo Miles, who licks the back of Phoebe's hand moments after he meets her at a party. And so it goes, as Phoebe struggles to reconcile her conflicting desires for safety and adventure. Lucinda Rosenfeld's debut novel is poignant, witty and refreshing; her vision is 20:20.'A terrific eye for the telling absurdity and a blissfully deadpan sense of humour' New York Magazine'Darker and more profound than just another sexed-up single-girl romp . . . An astute examination of the perks and pitfalls of beauty in a looks-obsessed culture' Vogue
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Good in good dust jacket. Outline: -A fresh (in more than one sense) and honest new voice in fiction is extravagantly displayed in this first novel that candidly dissects modern romance. Plagued with weird parents an underdeveloped body and a mind on the verge of self-deconstruction Phoebe Fine feels ill-equipped for a journey through the hardening chambers of the late twentieth-century heart. But from fifth grade and Roger Mancuso equal parts baby Brando and court jester through her early adult life with New Media executive Neil Schmertz a babytalker who prefers spooning to sex Phoebe trudges defiantly through guyland armed with a tart tongue and propelled by an insatiable desire to be loved. -> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Pan The date of this copy is 2002 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
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Very good jacket. Very Good in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
