My Life, Starring Dara Falcon [Paperback]

Ann. Beattie (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 307 pages
• Publisher: Vintage (1998)
• ISBN-10: 0006480756
• ISBN-13: 978-0006480754
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Ann Beattie has been included in four O. Henry Award Collections and in John Updike's Best American Short Stories of the Century. In 2000, she received the PEN/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story form. In 2005, she received the Rea Award for the Short Story. She and her husband, Lincoln Perry, live in Key West, Florida, and Charlottesville, Virginia, where she is Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An insipid, tedious book, June 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: My Life, Starring Dara Falcon (Hardcover)

Why did this stellar author write this insipid book? I could not relate to any of the numerous, vapid characters whose names and importance quickly escaped my memory and left me wondering time and again: who is he? who is she? And why am I trying so hard to like this book?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, December 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: My Life, Starring Dara Falcon (Hardcover)

This is a great book from Ann Beattie. It touches on many themes: friendship, betrayal, the safe but static family lives of people etc. But ultimately it is the narrator as well as the reader's fascination with Dara Falcon that propels us deeper and deeper into this 'web' of events. The larger than life portrayal of Dara Falcon is believable and a terrific accomplishment for the writer. Read this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I was amazed..., October 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: My Life, Starring Dara Falcon (Hardcover)

I am an avid reader of the works of Ann Beattie, and I couldn't wait for Dara Falcon to come out. I was incredibly happy with the book. The complexity of Beattie's characters and how intricately interwoven they are in the lives of one another never ceases to amaze me.