Genius - Couverture souple

Dennis, Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 091277746X ISBN 13 : 9780912777467

Editeur : Chicago Review Press, 2018

Synopsis

Following in the tradition of Auntie Mame, bestselling author Patrick Dennis turns his wicked satirical pen on the insane world of fictional film director Leander Starr. Fleeing the IRS, creditors, and jilted lovers, Starr holes up in a Mexico City apartment--Casa Ximenez--with his faithful valet, Alistair St. Regis. Soon others descend on the villa--Starr's ex-wife, his estranged socialite daughter, a shady Mexican film producer, a tax collector who has chased Starr around the world, and a dim young widow sitting on a fortune in laxative stock. Starr concocts a plan to distract them all: an abbreviated cinematic epic covering the history of Mexico titled Valley of the Vultures, starring them. Will the scheme work?

In addition to Dennis's uproarious novel, this fresh edition includes a long-lost short story of Leander Starr, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas in the Railway Station," as well as a new afterword by the author's son.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Patrick Dennis was the pen name of Edward Everett Tanner III. A celebrated author, and the fictional narrator of Auntie Mame and Little Me, Dennis wrote 16 novels in all, many becoming longtime bestsellers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chicago Review Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 091277746X
• ISBN 13: 9780912777467
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible