The Peter Lorre Companion (Paperback)

~ Anne Sharp (Author)

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Product Description

A shy Catholic schoolgirl nurtures a secret passion for a dead Hungarian movie actor, while her precociously nubile best friend seeks adventure with real live men.

Product Details

• Paperback: 148 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation; 1st edition (September 20, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738831883
• ISBN-13: 978-0738831886
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,112,210 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mom of a Lorre fan, December 3, 2002

By A Customer

This is an extremely honest portrayal of a teenager who yearns for something other than what she has. The writing is literate, lyrical, and insightful. The content of the book contains much more insight into a young girl's psyche than just the obsession she has with the dead actor. The book is much less about Peter Lorre than about the author, and her coming of age in a society and culture that she feels left out of.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars witty and poignant -- and a wonderful tribute to Peter!, February 12, 2001

By	"bercovy" (Grand Rapids, MI United States) - See all my reviews

Reading Anne Sharp's _The Peter Lorre Companion_ makes me think of all the girlhood loves I never outgrew and still relish to this day. I saw my first Peter Lorre film at age 27 (and fell hopelessly in love with the man) but like the author says, the book is mainly about her childhood and adolescence. Sharp writes about love, old movies, divorce, friendships, sex, families, Catholic schools and various obsessions with a great deal of humor, wisdom and sensitivity. Whether or not you're a Peter Lorre fan isn't the point -- if you have ever longed for a lover who is always there for you, who is real and yet mysterious and uniquely attractive, you will relate to these stories. I found I couldn't put the book down. Highly recommended! (and now, for those uninitiated into Lorre-love, go and rent "Mad Love" or the 1934 version of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much" and find out what all the fuss is about...)

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Trouble With Angels" meets "Catcher in the Rye", January 27, 2001

By A Customer

Or maybe not. Maybe the best way to describe it is a reverse "Lolita" where the little girl is chasing after the dirty old man of her dreams...whatever, it's brilliant.