Saturday, June 21, 2003
AUTHOR Tartt, Donna.
TITLE The little friend / Donna Tartt.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : Knopf, 2002.
DESCRIPT 555 p. ; 24 cm.
SUBJECT Murder victims' families -- Fiction.
Brothers -- Death -- Fiction.
Mississippi -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Revenge -- Fiction.
Girls -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.
ISBN 0679439382.
SUMMARY Harriet Dusfresnes is a child in Mississippi, haunted by the
murder of her brother when she was just a baby. He was found
haning from a tree in their backyard. His killer was never
identified, nor did the family ever recover.
Book Description
The hugely anticipated new novel by the author of The Secret History—a best-seller nationwide and around the world, and one of the most astonishing debuts in recent times—The Little Friend is even more transfixing and resonant.
In a small Mississippi town, Harriet Cleve Dusfresnes grows up in the shadow of her brother, who—when she was only a baby—was found hanging dead from a black-tupelo tree in their yard. His killer was never identified, nor has his family, in the years since, recovered from the tragedy.
For Harriet, who has grown up largely unsupervised, in a world of her own imagination, her brother is a link to a glorious past she has only heard stories about or glimpsed in photograph albums. Fiercely determined, precocious far beyond her twelve years, and steeped in the adventurous literature of Stevenson, Kipling, and Conan Doyle, she resolves, one summer, to solve the murder and exact her revenge. Harriet’s sole ally in this quest, her friend Hely, is devoted to her, but what they soon encounter has nothing to do with child’s play: it is dark, adult, and all too menacing.
A revelation of familial longing and sorrow, The Little Friend explores crime and punishment, as well as the hidden complications and consequences that hinder the pursuit of truth and justice. A novel of breathtaking ambition and power, it is rich in moral paradox, insights into human frailty, and storytelling brilliance.
TITLE The little friend / Donna Tartt.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : Knopf, 2002.
DESCRIPT 555 p. ; 24 cm.
SUBJECT Murder victims' families -- Fiction.
Brothers -- Death -- Fiction.
Mississippi -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Revenge -- Fiction.
Girls -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.
ISBN 0679439382.
SUMMARY Harriet Dusfresnes is a child in Mississippi, haunted by the
murder of her brother when she was just a baby. He was found
haning from a tree in their backyard. His killer was never
identified, nor did the family ever recover.
Book Description
The hugely anticipated new novel by the author of The Secret History—a best-seller nationwide and around the world, and one of the most astonishing debuts in recent times—The Little Friend is even more transfixing and resonant.
In a small Mississippi town, Harriet Cleve Dusfresnes grows up in the shadow of her brother, who—when she was only a baby—was found hanging dead from a black-tupelo tree in their yard. His killer was never identified, nor has his family, in the years since, recovered from the tragedy.
For Harriet, who has grown up largely unsupervised, in a world of her own imagination, her brother is a link to a glorious past she has only heard stories about or glimpsed in photograph albums. Fiercely determined, precocious far beyond her twelve years, and steeped in the adventurous literature of Stevenson, Kipling, and Conan Doyle, she resolves, one summer, to solve the murder and exact her revenge. Harriet’s sole ally in this quest, her friend Hely, is devoted to her, but what they soon encounter has nothing to do with child’s play: it is dark, adult, and all too menacing.
A revelation of familial longing and sorrow, The Little Friend explores crime and punishment, as well as the hidden complications and consequences that hinder the pursuit of truth and justice. A novel of breathtaking ambition and power, it is rich in moral paradox, insights into human frailty, and storytelling brilliance.
AUTHOR Weisberger, Lauren, 1977-
TITLE The devil wears Prada [sound recording] / Lauren Weisberger.
EDITION Abridged.
IMPRINT New York : Random House Audio, p2003.
DESCRIPT 5 sound discs (6 hrs.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
NOTE Compact discs.
Read by Rachel Leigh Cook.
SUBJECT Periodicals -- Publishing -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Fashion editors -- Fiction.
Women editors -- Fiction.
Supervisors -- Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Audiobooks.
Books on CD.
CD.
ALT AUTHOR Cook, Rachael Leigh, 1979-
ISBN 0739302418.
ISBN/ISSN 9780739302415.
MUSIC # RHCD 298 Random House Audio. $20.97
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
It's a killer title: The Devil Wears Prada. And it's killer material: author Lauren Weisberger did a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the all-powerful editor of Vogue magazine. Now she's written a book, and this is its theme: narrator Andrea Sachs goes to work for Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor of Runway magazine. Turns out Miranda is quite the bossyboots. That's pretty much the extent of the novel, but it's plenty. Miranda's behavior is so insanely over-the-top that it's a gas to see what she'll do next, and to try to guess which incidents were culled from the real-life antics of the woman who's been called Anna "Nuclear" Wintour. For instance, when Miranda goes to Paris for the collections, Andrea receives a call back at the New York office (where, incidentally, she's not allowed to leave her desk to eat or go to the bathroom, lest her boss should call). Miranda bellows over the line: "I am standing in the pouring rain on the rue de Rivoli and my driver has vanished. Vanished! Find him immediately!"
This kind of thing is delicious fun to read about, though not as well written as its obvious antecedent, The Nanny Diaries. And therein lies the essential problem of the book. Andrea's goal in life is to work for The New Yorker--she's only sticking it out with Miranda for a job recommendation. But author Weisberger is such an inept, ungrammatical writer, you're positively rooting for her fictional alter ego not to get anywhere near The New Yorker. Still, Weisberger has certainly one-upped Me Times Three author Alex Witchel, whose magazine-world novel never gave us the inside dope that was the book's whole raison d' etre. For the most part, The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the outrageous Miranda Priestly, and she's an irresistible spectacle. --Claire Dederer --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
TITLE The devil wears Prada [sound recording] / Lauren Weisberger.
EDITION Abridged.
IMPRINT New York : Random House Audio, p2003.
DESCRIPT 5 sound discs (6 hrs.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
NOTE Compact discs.
Read by Rachel Leigh Cook.
SUBJECT Periodicals -- Publishing -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Fashion editors -- Fiction.
Women editors -- Fiction.
Supervisors -- Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Audiobooks.
Books on CD.
CD.
ALT AUTHOR Cook, Rachael Leigh, 1979-
ISBN 0739302418.
ISBN/ISSN 9780739302415.
MUSIC # RHCD 298 Random House Audio. $20.97
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
It's a killer title: The Devil Wears Prada. And it's killer material: author Lauren Weisberger did a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the all-powerful editor of Vogue magazine. Now she's written a book, and this is its theme: narrator Andrea Sachs goes to work for Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor of Runway magazine. Turns out Miranda is quite the bossyboots. That's pretty much the extent of the novel, but it's plenty. Miranda's behavior is so insanely over-the-top that it's a gas to see what she'll do next, and to try to guess which incidents were culled from the real-life antics of the woman who's been called Anna "Nuclear" Wintour. For instance, when Miranda goes to Paris for the collections, Andrea receives a call back at the New York office (where, incidentally, she's not allowed to leave her desk to eat or go to the bathroom, lest her boss should call). Miranda bellows over the line: "I am standing in the pouring rain on the rue de Rivoli and my driver has vanished. Vanished! Find him immediately!"
This kind of thing is delicious fun to read about, though not as well written as its obvious antecedent, The Nanny Diaries. And therein lies the essential problem of the book. Andrea's goal in life is to work for The New Yorker--she's only sticking it out with Miranda for a job recommendation. But author Weisberger is such an inept, ungrammatical writer, you're positively rooting for her fictional alter ego not to get anywhere near The New Yorker. Still, Weisberger has certainly one-upped Me Times Three author Alex Witchel, whose magazine-world novel never gave us the inside dope that was the book's whole raison d' etre. For the most part, The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the outrageous Miranda Priestly, and she's an irresistible spectacle. --Claire Dederer --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
AUTHOR Graham, Heather.
TITLE Hurricane Bay / Heather Graham.
IMPRINT Dons Mills, Ont. : MIRA, c2002.
DESCRIPT 347 p. ; 24 cm.
SUMMARY Dane Whitelaw, an ex-special forces agent turned private
investigator, has found a photo under his door of Sheila
Warren's body. She has been strangled with his tie and posed on
the beach of his private island in the Florida Keys. The crime
appears to be the handiwork of a serial killer terrorizing the
Miami area, and Dane is being set up for the murder. Kelsey
Cunningham is Sheila's best friend and determined to find her
missing friend, even if she has to track her into a dangerous
world of sex, violence, and drugs to discover the truth.
SUBJECT Missing persons -- Fiction.
Search and rescue operations -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Serial murderers -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- Florida -- Fiction.
Florida Keys (Fla.) -- Fiction.
Miami (Fla.) -- Fiction.
Florida -- Fiction.
Romantic suspense fiction.
ISBN 1551666650. 6.99
TITLE Hurricane Bay / Heather Graham.
IMPRINT Dons Mills, Ont. : MIRA, c2002.
DESCRIPT 347 p. ; 24 cm.
SUMMARY Dane Whitelaw, an ex-special forces agent turned private
investigator, has found a photo under his door of Sheila
Warren's body. She has been strangled with his tie and posed on
the beach of his private island in the Florida Keys. The crime
appears to be the handiwork of a serial killer terrorizing the
Miami area, and Dane is being set up for the murder. Kelsey
Cunningham is Sheila's best friend and determined to find her
missing friend, even if she has to track her into a dangerous
world of sex, violence, and drugs to discover the truth.
SUBJECT Missing persons -- Fiction.
Search and rescue operations -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Serial murderers -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- Florida -- Fiction.
Florida Keys (Fla.) -- Fiction.
Miami (Fla.) -- Fiction.
Florida -- Fiction.
Romantic suspense fiction.
ISBN 1551666650. 6.99
