"Gene Wilder has written a remarkable period piece. It’s an elegantly woven story of intrigue, danger, sex and comedy –but for me the big surprise is that it’s a truly moving and eloquent love story.--Mel Brooks “A…touching debut novel…(it) takes the form of the final, eloquent notebook of a man still finding out who he is.”—"Publishers Weekly"“Slender…nimble…satisfying.”—"Kirkus Reviews"“It’s unavoidable: the hero of MY FRENCH WHORE simply must be imagined as a young Gene Wilder. The talented actor who wrote this enjoyable novella…makes an easy transition from stage to page.”—"The ""Seattle"" Times"“Sweet fluff. If you loved ‘Young Frankenstein,’ you’ll be awfully fond of this.”—"The ""Washington"" Post"“Wilder’s delightful fiction debut (is) a novel so witty, dramatic and romantic that the reader i
A simple, straight-faced love story about a brave coward and a scarlet woman drives actor Wilder's touching debut novel. (His memoir, Kiss Me Like a Stranger, appeared last year.) It's 1918, and Paul Peachy, an unassuming train conductor and amateur actor in Milwaukee, finds his marriage has run out of steam, and decides to enlist as a dough boy. At nearly 30, Paul has seen little of the world, as his na?ve and candid dispatches from the French trenches make clear. Paul, who speaks German, is brought in to interrogate notorious German spy Harry Stroller. Soon sent into the front line, Paul deserts and, in an extraordinary sequence, passes himself off as Harry Stroller. Taken to the local schloss and treated like royalty by the German officials, Paul is given a French whore, Annie Breton, for comfort, and he gradually comes to care for her once she reveals herself to him more than physically. Despite some ensuing heroism, the game's soon up for Peachy, and the novel takes the form of the final, eloquent notebook of a man still finding out who he is. (Mar.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
"Gene Wilder has written a remarkable period piece. It's an elegantly woven story of intrigue, danger, sex and comedy -but for me the big surprise is that it's a truly moving and eloquent love story.--Mel Brooks "A...touching debut novel...(it) takes the form of the final, eloquent notebook of a man still finding out who he is."-"Publishers Weekly""Slender...nimble...satisfying."-"Kirkus Reviews""It's unavoidable: the hero of MY FRENCH WHORE simply must be imagined as a young Gene Wilder. The talented actor who wrote this enjoyable novella...makes an easy transition from stage to page."-"The ""Seattle"" Times""Sweet fluff. If you loved 'Young Frankenstein,' you'll be awfully fond of this."-"The ""Washington"" Post""Wilder's delightful fiction debut (is) a novel so witty, dramatic and romantic that the reader i
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