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Genius (Paperback)
Christina Oxenberg
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R473
Discovery Miles 4 730
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Christina Oxenberg's latest collection of humorous stories and
anecdotes featuring the Key West Series as well as lots of other
funny and exciting tales.
"A laugh on every page, Christina Oxenberg is one of the most
lethal wits of the western world." -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
"Oxenberg's musings on local culture suggests a style that hints of
Tom Wolfe, but with the detached wry and dry observation of Joan
Didion, tossed with more than a splash of charming, classy, self
deprecating amusing neurotica that is all her own." -- Dale Launer
"My Cousin Vinny," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" "Christina Oxenberg is
not only the hottest but also the edgiest writer to emerge this
year. Don't miss the thrill of reading her new book." --Edward J.
Epstein "The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality
Behind the Movies" "Oxenberg has always scandalized polite society-
she is, after all, the daughter of a royal princess- and has chosen
to live in the manner of her writing: outrageously, ironically,
comically at times, but fearlessly brave and above all true and
fresh." -- Taki Theodoracopulos "Do These Gloves Make My Ass Look
Fat?" is Christina Oxenberg's third book assembling essays and
articles on various situations such as accidentally going on a date
with Steve Martin, living in the shadow of her older famous sister
who starred in "Dynasty," going on a bike ride with Dan Aykroyd,
venturing into a bondage and S&M Club, loosing her childhood
best friend, and creating her own fashion wool line. It's been
thirteen years since the release of her last novel "Royal Blue" and
Oxenberg's ready for a brilliant comeback with her new collection
of articles and essays featuring work published in "The London
Sunday Times Magazine," "Allure Magazine," "Penthouse Magazine,"
"Tatler Magazine," "Salon.com" and more.
Maria Moses has always felt like an outsider in her family. Her
mother, a princess from a deposed royal European family, is
absorbed in herself and her social life. Her older sister, Miranda,
busy with the seduction of older men and the trappings of luxury,
alternatively ignores and despises her. And her well-intentioned
father is too busy playing tennis to notice his younger daughter's
growing dislocation. Maria is further removed from her family when
a childhood friend dies in an accident and she is sent to boarding
school for emotionally disturbed children. There, she is the victim
of terrible crime that threatens to scar her permanently. Searching
for validation, she finds Tino, a worldly older married man, who
promises to elevate her above her family. But finding a life with
him may cost Maria all she has left. Torn by the contradictions in
her life, she must face up to her past and her family's legacy of
lies and illegitimacy. Ranging from the lush summer playgrounds of
the rich to windswept Scottish castles, Royal Blue is the evocative
and humorous story of a young woman seeking a physical and
spiritual home among the parties, palaces, and jet-set lifestyle of
a dispossessed, fractured family. Royal Blue marks the impressive
debut of a fresh and original voice in fiction.
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