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Thing (or Two) about Curtis and Camilla by Nick Fowler (2003, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100375713239

ISBN-139780375713231

eBay Product ID (ePID)2308131

Product Key Features

Book TitleThing (Or Two) about Curtis and Camilla

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Literary

Publication Year2003

FeaturesReprint

GenreFiction

AuthorNick Fowler

Book SeriesVintage Contemporaries Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight11.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingA

Reviews"Fowler is an expansive, lyrical, inventive writer." -The New York Times Book Review "An invigorating blast of originality, wit and heart. . . . This irresistibly melodic debut novel about love in lower Manhattan resonates like a perfect pop song: You just want to revisit it over and over again. . . . The energy is infectious. . . A smash." -Los Angeles Times "Refreshing. . . . A novel of depth and adeptness, with a fully realized main character and Technicolor phrases scattered on every page." -The Washington Post Book World "Vibrant and original . . . all wit and charm. . . . A cynic's romance." -Orlando Sentinel "An honest and entertaining love story; Nick Fowler writes with Nick Hornby's sense of humor and Dave Eggers' playfulness with form." -The Omaha Weekly Reader "So what has changed since Hemingway and Fitzgerald and Cheever recorded the pressures and repression weighing down a sensitive middle-class man . . . ? As Fowler tells it, the pressures haven't changed much . . . His rueful, funny first novel is informed by a pretty irresistible delight in its own telling." -The New York Times Book Review "New York and young love in a fresh, form-bending voice." -Austin American Statesman "A superior stylist, Fowler's writing pulses like a quartz crystal. . . . Sad, hopeful and taut,A Thing (or Two) About Curtis and Camillademonstrates that life is worth living because it is hard." -The Tallahassee Democrat, "Fowler is an expansive, lyrical, inventive writer." -The New York Times Book Review "An invigorating blast of originality, wit and heart. . . . This irresistibly melodic debut novel about love in lower Manhattan resonates like a perfect pop song: You just want to revisit it over and over again. . . . The energy is infectious. . . A smash." -Los Angeles Times "Refreshing. . . . A novel of depth and adeptness, with a fully realized main character and Technicolor phrases scattered on every page." -The Washington Post Book World "Vibrant and original . . . all wit and charm. . . . A cynic's romance." -Orlando Sentinel "An honest and entertaining love story; Nick Fowler writes with Nick Hornby's sense of humor and Dave Eggers' playfulness with form." -The Omaha Weekly Reader "So what has changed since Hemingway and Fitzgerald and Cheever recorded the pressures and repression weighing down a sensitive middle-class man . . . ? As Fowler tells it, the pressures haven't changed much . . . His rueful, funny first novel is informed by a pretty irresistible delight in its own telling." -The New York Times Book Review "New York and young love in a fresh, form-bending voice." -Austin American Statesman "A superior stylist, Fowler's writing pulses like a quartz crystal. . . . Sad, hopeful and taut, A Thing (or Two) About Curtis and Camilla demonstrates that life is worth living because it is hard." -The Tallahassee Democrat, "Fowler is an expansive, lyrical, inventive writer." - The New York Times Book Review "An invigorating blast of originality, wit and heart. . . . This irresistibly melodic debut novel about love in lower Manhattan resonates like a perfect pop song: You just want to revisit it over and over again. . . . The energy is infectious. . . A smash." - Los Angeles Times "Refreshing. . . . A novel of depth and adeptness, with a fully realized main character and Technicolor phrases scattered on every page." - The Washington Post Book World "Vibrant and original . . . all wit and charm. . . . A cynic's romance." - Orlando Sentinel "An honest and entertaining love story; Nick Fowler writes with Nick Hornby's sense of humor and Dave Eggers' playfulness with form." - The Omaha Weekly Reader "So what has changed since Hemingway and Fitzgerald and Cheever recorded the pressures and repression weighing down a sensitive middle-class man . . . ? As Fowler tells it, the pressures haven't changed much . . . His rueful, funny first novel is informed by a pretty irresistible delight in its own telling." - The New York Times Book Review "New York and young love in a fresh, form-bending voice." - Austin American Statesman "A superior stylist, Fowler's writing pulses like a quartz crystal. . . . Sad, hopeful and taut, A Thing (or Two) About Curtis and Camilla demonstrates that life is worth living because it is hard." - The Tallahassee Democrat, "Fowler is an expansive, lyrical, inventive writer." The New York Times Book Review "An invigorating blast of originality, wit and heart. . . . This irresistibly melodic debut novel about love in lower Manhattan resonates like a perfect pop song: You just want to revisit it over and over again. . . . The energy is infectious. . . A smash." Los Angeles Times "Refreshing. . . . A novel of depth and adeptness, with a fully realized main character and Technicolor phrases scattered on every page." The Washington Post Book World "Vibrant and original . . . all wit and charm. . . . A cynic's romance." Orlando Sentinel "An honest and entertaining love story; Nick Fowler writes with Nick Hornby's sense of humor and Dave Eggers' playfulness with form." The Omaha Weekly Reader "So what has changed since Hemingway and Fitzgerald and Cheever recorded the pressures and repression weighing down a sensitive middle-class man . . . ? As Fowler tells it, the pressures haven't changed much . . . His rueful, funny first novel is informed by a pretty irresistible delight in its own telling." The New York Times Book Review "New York and young love in a fresh, form-bending voice." Austin American Statesman "A superior stylist, Fowler's writing pulses like a quartz crystal. . . . Sad, hopeful and taut, A Thing (or Two) About Curtis and Camilla demonstrates that life is worth living because it is hard." The Tallahassee Democrat From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisFrom the moment her daschund humped his leg on a Soho street, aspiring rock star/subway performer Curtis Birnbaum knew he was a goner. He sensed Camilla was a woman who would equally inspire and terrify him. And, miraculously, his ploys for her affection work. With the addition of Camilla to his life, the only thing he lacks for complete happiness is that elusive record deal (and some health insurance). But then, ominously, Camilla begins to slip away. In this daring East Village love story, Nick Fowler gives us a hero who is completely honest about his heartbreak. We root for Curtis as he bottoms out and blunders his way through a series of hilarious misadventures--from a nude modeling stint, to a regretable steam room incident at Crunch gym, to a destination he has only dreamed of: the top floor of Worldwide Plaza where the record moguls preside. Through it all, Curtis remains determined to win back Camilla. Delightfully quirky and unexpectedly poignant, A Thing (or Two) about Curtis and Camilla conjures a tale about the price of love that is as true as it is hysterical.