| What's Not to Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer Contributor(s): Ames, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375726497 ISBN-13: 9780375726491 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: Perhaps all of Jonathan Ames' problems-and the genesis of this hilarious book-can be traced back to the late onset of his puberty. After all it can't be easy to be sixteen with a hairless "undistinguishable from that of a five year old's." This wonderfully entertaining memoir is a touching and humorous look at life in New York City. But this is life for an author who can proclaim "my first sexual experience was rather old-fashioned: it was with a prostitute"-an author who can talk about his desire to be a model for the Hair Club for Men and about meeting his son for the first time. Often insightful, sometimes tender, always witty and self-deprecating, What's Not to Love? is an engaging memoir from one of our most funny, most daring writers. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Humor | Form - Essays - Social Science | Men's Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.28" W x 8.02" (0.53 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - New York |
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| Publisher Description: Perhaps all of Jonathan Ames' problems-and the genesis of this hilarious book-can be traced back to the late onset of his puberty. After all it can't be easy to be sixteen with a hairless "undistinguishable from that of a five year old's." This wonderfully entertaining memoir is a touching and humorous look at life in New York City. But this is life for an author who can proclaim "my first sexual experience was rather old-fashioned: it was with a prostitute"-an author who can talk about his desire to be a model for the Hair Club for Men and about meeting his son for the first time. Often insightful, sometimes tender, always witty and self-deprecating, What's Not to Love? is an engaging memoir from one of our most funny, most daring writers. |