Elements of Style
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Elements of Style by Wendy Wasserstein
Elements of Style, the Pulitzer Prize--winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein's first novel, is a scathing comedy about New York's high society facing the post--9/11 world. Francesca Weissman, an Upper East Side pediatrician rated number one by Manhattan magazine, floats on the fringes of the upper strata of privilege and aspiration. Through her bemused eyes we meet the thoroughbred socialite Samantha Acton; relentless social climber Judy Tremont; Barry Santorini, an Oscar-winning moviemaker accustomed to having his way; his supermarket heiress wife, Clarice; and more, tossed together in a frothy stew of outrageous conspicuous consumption and adulterous affairs that play out on Page Six. But when Wasserstein's madcap tour of the social lives and mores of twenty-first-century Manhattan veers into tragedy, we finally see the true cost of her characters' choices, and the beating heart of this dazzling novel.Wendy Wasserstein won a Pulitzer Prize for her play The Heidi Chronicles, which later received a Tony Award. The Sisters Rosensweig, Unusual Ladies and Others, Isn't It Romantic, and An American Daughter are among her other works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781400076871 |
| ISBN 10 | 1400076870 |
| Title | Elements of Style |
| Author | Wendy Wasserstein |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2007-05-08 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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