Spending the summer with his ex-wife, his children, his ex-gardener (and ex-wife's new husband) was never going to be a good idea. Perhaps Oliver should have expected the autobiography he was writing would be constantly sabotaged? Perhaps he should have guessed that he'd have scorn and derision poured upon him? But then Oliver was a philosopher, always happier with abstraction than reality, and the realities of his life have never been simple - and they're just about to come crashing down around him in the most unexpected and hilarious of ways.
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Fine's 1990 novel is hardly a good example of her potential as a novelist. The premise of a man moving in with his ex-wife, their children, and her new husband to write his autobiography must have held some comic promise for her, but the book is too painful to listen to, and the plot is far too weak to sustain one's interest. The lone saving grace might be narrator Cornelius Garrett's verbal calisthenics with the melodramatic emotions of the major characters, none of whom are very likable or developed. Perhaps the title is a clue for what should be avoided. Not recommended. Joyce Kessel, Villa Maria Coll., Buffalo, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A deliciously witty black comedy about Oliver — trying his best to write his autobiography while spending the summer with his children, his ex-wife and her new husband — and Constance, still enraged by Oliver’s serene unawareness of ever having given grounds for a divorce.
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