Foreign Affairs
by:
Alison Lurie (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780349122151 (0349122156)
Publish date: 1985
Publisher: Abacus
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
I enjoyed the story. It reminded me very much of the many David Lodge novels I've read, although it was nice to have as the central character a woman who is older, independent, intellectual, plain, and yet still sexually active. Lurie didn't feel compelled to make Vinnie "still beautiful." I was a l...
3.5 stars. This book felt a little incongruous to me. I could easily have believed it was written in/about the turn of the century by a british author. there is a sharp formality to the writing.yet, in fact, it was written in 1984 and takes place in the current day with fairly frequent references to...