My Little Blue Dress by Bruno Maddox

My Little Blue Dress by Bruno Maddox

MY LITTLE BLUE DRESS is the sort of book publishers dream about. The memoirs of a female centenarian, born on 1 January 1900, one hundred years old on the first day of the new millennium, it is a life story to stretch the reader's imagination: the tranquillity of rural England at the turn of the century, the excitement of Paris in the 1920s, London during the Great Depression of the 1930s and the New York arts scene of the 1960s. And yet ...for a woman who claims to have lived through the twentieth century, our narrator, from the outset, seems not to know very much about its history. Or, for that matter, about being a woman. All is revealed as her story unfolds and the author's startling secret comes to light ...A love story and a murder mystery, MY LITTLE BLUE DRESS is a satire of Nabokovian cleverness and a glorious introduction to an exceptional literary talent.

A wonderfully entertaining debut novel that purports to be the memoirs of a female centenarian born on January 1, 1900 - and her life story takes in the tranquillity of England at the start of the century, Paris in the exciting 1920s, London in the depressed Thirties and the New York Arts scene of the 1960sAll is revealed as the story unfolds and the author's startling secret comes to light in a genuine tour de force.

Bruno Maddox was born in 1960 and raised in London. A graduate of Harvard University, Maddox took over the editorship of SPY Magazine in 1966, elevating it to within spitting distance of its former glory, before accidentally driving it out of business after two short years.

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ISBN 13	9780349114446
ISBN 10	0349114447
Title	My Little Blue Dress
Author	Bruno Maddox
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2002-02-07
Number of pages	304
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