Auntie Mame
An Irreverent Escapade
$23.59
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
12 October 2010
Summary
‘Auntie Mame is the most unconventional aunt you’ve ever known and you’ll love her’ - Washington Star
When shy young heir Patrick is orphaned at the age of ten, the only family he has is his wealthy and eccentric aunt, a New York socialite named Mame. Prone to dramatic costumes, flights of fancy and expensive whims, Mame will raise Patrick the only way she knows how - with humour, mishaps, unforgettable friends and lots of love. From progressive schooling and Mame’s search for a husba…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141194127 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014119412X |
| Author: | Patrick Dennis |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 12 October 2010 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Like Tennessee Williams, Patrick Dennis caught the boldness, vitality, and iridescent theatricality of modern American personality. In Mame’s mercurial metamorphoses we see American optimism and self-invention writ large. * Camille Paglia *
Extravaganet follies and delirious escapades. * New York Times *
As hilarious as a Marx brothers comedy. As elegant as a Schiaparelli eau de toilette. As exhilarating as laughing gas. * Vanity Fair *
’[Dennis] writes beautifully … absolutely delightful … camp as all boots but still funny!’ – Ian Hislop
One of the funniest books I’ve ever read … a comedy classic – Kate Saunders * Radio 4’s A Good Read *
About The Author
Patrick Dennis
Patrick Dennis (1921 - 1976) was one of the most widely read American authors of the 1950s and ‘60s. Among his sixteen novels, the majority of which were bestsellers, are Little Me, Around the World with Auntie Mame, Tony, How Firm a Foundation and Genius. A celebrity in bohemian New York culture, he led a double life as a bisexual man and a conventional husband and father, until becoming an exemplary butler to the elite in West Palm Beach and Chicago in the 1970s. In his own words, he attributed this change to being ‘out of fashion’ - and, ‘I’ve said everything that I had to say. Twice.’
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