Angels on Toast Contributor(s): Powell, Dawn (Author) |
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ISBN: 188364240X ISBN-13: 9781883642402 Publisher: Steerforth Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: EVERYONE IN "Angels on Toast is on the make: Lou Donovan, the entrepeneur who ricochets frantically between his well-connected current wife, his disreputable ex, and his dangerously greedy mistress; Trina Kameray, the exotic adventuress whose job title is as phony as her accent; T.V. Truesdale, the man with the aristocratic manner, the fourteen-dollar suit, and the hyperactive eye for the main chance. A dizzyingly fast-paced and deliriously entertaining novel. "For decades Dawn Powell was always just on the verge of ceasing to be a cult and becoming a major religion." -- Gore Vidal |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Satire - Fiction | Urban |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 96023040 |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.28" W x 8.01" (0.68 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Everyone in Dawn Powell's New York satire Angels on Toast is on the make: Lou Donovan, the entrepeneur who ricochets frantically between his well-connected current wife, his disreputable ex, and his dangerously greedy mistress; Trina Kameray, the exotic adventuress whose job title is as phony as her accent; T.V. Truesdale, the man with the aristocratic manner, the fourteen-dollar suit, and the hyperactive eye for the main chance. A dizzyingly fast-paced and deliriously entertaining novel. |