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The Extra Man by Ames, Jonathan
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- Condition
- Very Good
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- Binding
- Paperback
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
0671015583
ISBN-13
9780671015589
eBay Product ID (ePID)
336024
Product Key Features
Book Title
Extra Man
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Urban, Lgbt / Gay, Literary, Humorous / General
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
The New York Times Book Review A sure-footed exploration of sexual confusion and a loopily elegant, surprisingly moving urban comedy of manners., Jeffrey Eugenides author of The Virgin Suicides Not since Harold and Maude has there been such a lovable odd couple as Louis Ives and Henry Harrison. Told in a lucid, diverting prose style, The Extra Man is a picaresque tale of a young man's sentimental education (in subjects ranging from tuxedo studs to transsexuals). In Henry Harrison, Jonathan Ames has created a truly memorable character., Martha McPheeauthor of Bright Angel Time Wonderfully odd and charming, at times riotously funny, Jonathan Ames' The Extra Man strikes a perfect balance between sympathy and comedy, drawing upon deep reserves of compassion for the strange and unnamable urges that infiltrate the lives of his two remarkable characters., Francine ProseThe New York ObserverAmes has the one thing Fitzgerald lacked: a sense of humor...The Extra Manwins us over with its sheer energy and good will, its confidence in the ability of its own humor and intelligence to widen our ideas about the possibilities of love, and about the permissible range of inner and outer lives to which today's young gentleman may properly aspire., Rick Moodyauthor of Purple America Jonathan Ames has always been one of my favorite contemporary writers, both for his limpid and elegant Lost Generation prose style and for his utterly fearless commitment to the most demanding psychosexual comedies. The Extra Man extends his accomplishments considerably. This is one of the most charming and alarming books of recent years., Peter Cameron author of Andorra The Extra Man is effervescently funny and stealthily heartbreaking. It's also an extraordinarily humane book that only Jonathan Ames could have written, and I can think of few other novels that, scene by scene, character by character, phrase by phrase, offer such intense, affecting pleasure. Louis Ives now joins the pantheon of my most beloved narrators., Jeffrey Eugenidesauthor ofThe Virgin SuicidesNot sinceHarold and Maudehas there been such a lovable odd couple as Louis Ives and Henry Harrison. Told in a lucid, diverting prose style,The Extra Manis a picaresque tale of a young man's sentimental education (in subjects ranging from tuxedo studs to transsexuals). In Henry Harrison, Jonathan Ames has created a truly memorable character., Martha McPheeauthor ofBright Angel TimeWonderfully odd and charming, at times riotously funny, Jonathan Ames'The Extra Manstrikes a perfect balance between sympathy and comedy, drawing upon deep reserves of compassion for the strange and unnamable urges that infiltrate the lives of his two remarkable characters., J.D. Landisauthor ofLying in BedThe Extra Manis anOdd Couplefor the sweetly naive and the cautiously dissolute. Is there anyone alive who fuses innocence and depravity with as much charm and conversance as Jonathan Ames? Here is a confection to be devoured on the loneliest of nights., J.D. Landis author of Lying in Bed The Extra Man is an Odd Couple for the sweetly naive and the cautiously dissolute. Is there anyone alive who fuses innocence and depravity with as much charm and conversance as Jonathan Ames? Here is a confection to be devoured on the loneliest of nights., Martha McPhee author of Bright Angel Time Wonderfully odd and charming, at times riotously funny, Jonathan Ames' The Extra Man strikes a perfect balance between sympathy and comedy, drawing upon deep reserves of compassion for the strange and unnamable urges that infiltrate the lives of his two remarkable characters. What distinguishes this from other comic novels is that rarest of gifts -- generosity -- which delivers to the reader an uncommon and lasting share of dignity and grace., Martha McPhee author of Bright Angel Time Wonderfully odd and charming, at times riotously funny, Jonathan Ames' The Extra Man strikes a perfect balance between sympathy and comedy, drawing upon deep reserves of compassion for the strange and unnamable urges that infiltrate the lives of his two remarkable characters., The New York TimesAmes makes it clear that his protagonist's sexual tentativeness and anxiety are really just flimsy covers for his passion and warmth. That's what makesThe Extra Manwork so well. Louis may feel as awkward as Milton Berle in drag, but inside he's really Fred Astaire -- he just doesn't know it yet., The Washington Post By updating the moral education of a young gentleman, Ames has written a Bildungsroman for the end of our century., Rick Moodyauthor ofPurple AmericaJonathan Ames has always been one of my favorite contemporary writers, both for his limpid and elegant Lost Generation prose style and for his utterly fearless commitment to the most demanding psychosexual comedies.The Extra Manextends his accomplishments considerably. This is one of the most charming and alarming books of recent years., Jeffrey Eugenidesauthor of The Virgin Suicides Not since Harold and Maude has there been such a lovable odd couple as Louis Ives and Henry Harrison. Told in a lucid, diverting prose style, The Extra Man is a picaresque tale of a young man's sentimental education (in subjects ranging from tuxedo studs to transsexuals). In Henry Harrison, Jonathan Ames has created a truly memorable character., The New York Times Ames makes it clear that his protagonist's sexual tentativeness and anxiety are really just flimsy covers for his passion and warmth. That's what makes The Extra Man work so well. Louis may feel as awkward as Milton Berle in drag, but inside he's really Fred Astaire -- he just doesn't know it yet., Rick Moody author of Purple America Jonathan Ames has always been one of my favorite contemporary writers, both for his limpid and elegant Lost Generation prose style and for his utterly fearless commitment to the most demanding psychosexual comedies. The Extra Man extends his accomplishments considerably. This is one of the most charming and alarming books of recent years., Martha McPheeauthor ofBright Angel TimeWonderfully odd and charming, at times riotously funny, Jonathan Ames'The Extra Manstrikes a perfect balance between sympathy and comedy, drawing upon deep reserves of compassion for the strange and unnamable urges that infiltrate the lives of his two remarkable characters. What distinguishes this from other comic novels is that rarest of gifts -- generosity -- which delivers to the reader an uncommon and lasting share of dignity and grace., Peter Cameronauthor ofAndorraThe Extra Manis effervescently funny and stealthily heartbreaking. It's also an extraordinarily humane book that only Jonathan Ames could have written, and I can think of few other novels that, scene by scene, character by character, phrase by phrase, offer such intense, affecting pleasure. Louis Ives now joins the pantheon of my most beloved narrators., The Village VoiceThe Louis and Henry show is honest, funny, and original, making the meaning of "human" deep and strange in the best way., Francine Prose The New York Observer Ames has the one thing Fitzgerald lacked: a sense of humor... The Extra Man wins us over with its sheer energy and good will, its confidence in the ability of its own humor and intelligence to widen our ideas about the possibilities of love, and about the permissible range of inner and outer lives to which today's young gentleman may properly aspire., The Washington PostBy updating the moral education of a young gentleman, Ames has written aBildungsromanfor the end of our century., The New York Times Book ReviewA sure-footed exploration of sexual confusion and a loopily elegant, surprisingly moving urban comedy of manners., The Village Voice The Louis and Henry show is honest, funny, and original, making the meaning of "human" deep and strange in the best way.
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Table Of Content
Contents Chapter I The Brassiere There's to Be No Fornication The Young Gentleman Chapter II Arrival The Next Event The Opera The Extra Man Otto Bellman and His Gang of Swiss Yodelers Chapter III I Felt Connected to Women All Over America Porky Pig Fell Off a Cliff An International Agreement on the Virtues of Chastity The Recession Spankologist Hot for Cockroach, Cold for Lead Are You Jewish? One of the Greatest Hoaxes of All Time Chapter IV We All Wanted to Be That Femme Fatale I Met Someone Jewish Americans Are Too Concerned with Athletics Deep in Queens Chapter V The Jewish Duke of Windsor Were There Animals? This Is Only a Tape Recording The Queen Has Fifty Rooms Chapter VI Four Gap-Toothed Dairy Maidens Fort Schuyler Breasts, Please Cut Off Your Hair Like Salome You'll Get an Erection and Then What Will I Do? You've Brought So Much Toilet Paper into My Life Chapter VII Fleas, Cars, and Florida The Whole City Has Fleas He Saw a Piece of Cheese and Made Havoc with It Chapter VIII Straightish My Analyst, Gershon Gruen I Felt Something Under My Rear Are You Having BMs? The Essential Man Chapter IX Whatever Happened to Danny Kaye? The Men Are Still in Charge Down There Chapter X She Wanted Me People Are Dying, New Ones Are Coming Up Otto Bellman Collects His Mail Brassiere Revisited Deep in Bay Ridge All the Queens Were Dead Chapter XI I Was Like Don Quixote and Sancho Panza That's All I Have to Say About America The Life of a Fugitive I Was Like Lady Macbeth That's Very Good Cheese He's Eating Lagerfeld Is Back In A Tie Is Dipped Chapter XII It's Your Fellow Old People Who Tear You Down Daphne Wants to Drink Cough Medicine and Smoke Cigarettes Thank You, Dear Boy Life Rushes By You Look Practically Middle Class A Girl as I Must Have First Imagined Girls Russia
Synopsis
"A storyteller of refreshing inventiveness and subtlety" ( San Francisco Chronicle ), Jonathan Ames has won critical raves for this delightful "comedy of impeccable manners with a debauched '90s spin" ( Elle ). Meet Louis Ives: well-groomed, romantic, and as captivating as an F. Scott Fitzgerald hero. Only this hero has a penchant for ladies clothes, and he's lost his teaching post at Princeton's Pretty Brook Day School after an unfortunate incident involving a colleague's brassiere. Meet Henry Harrison: former actor, failed but brilliant playwright, and a well-seasoned escort for New York City's women of means. He dances alone to Ethel Merman records, second-acts operas, and performs his scrappy life with the dignity befitting a self-styled man of the world. What can this ageless Don Quixote of the Upper East Side have to offer a young gentleman such as Louis? What, indeed. Well, the answer lies somewhere between the needs of an irascible mentor and the education of his eager apprentice...between cocktails on the Upper East Side and an even more intoxicating treat along the secret fringes of Times Square...and between friendship and longing., "A storyteller of refreshing inventiveness and subtlety"(San Francisco Chronicle),Jonathan Ames has won critical raves for this delightful "comedy of impeccable manners with a debauched '90s spin"(Elle).Meet Louis Ives: well-groomed, romantic, and as captivating as an F. Scott Fitzgerald hero. Only this hero has a penchant for ladies clothes, and he's lost his teaching post at Princeton's Pretty Brook Day School after an unfortunate incident involving a colleague's brassiere.Meet Henry Harrison: former actor, failed but brilliant playwright, and a well-seasoned escort for New York City's women of means. He dances alone to Ethel Merman records, second-acts operas, and performs his scrappy life with the dignity befitting a self-styled man of the world. What can this ageless Don Quixote of the Upper East Side have to offer a young gentleman such as Louis? What, indeed.Well, the answer lies somewhere between the needs of an irascible mentor and the education of his eager apprentice...between cocktails on the Upper East Side and an even more intoxicating treat along the secret fringes of Times Square...and between friendship and longing.
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