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THEY CALL ME NAUGHTY LOLA
By: David Rose
Personal Ads from the London Review of Books
Scribner
December 2006
On Sale: November 28, 2006
176 pages
ISBN: 1416540296
EAN: 9781416540298
Hardcover
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They Call Me Naughty Lola is a testament to the creativity and humor that can still be found among men and women longing for love and allergic to the concepts of Internet and speed dating. Here is an irresistible collection of the most brilliant and often absurd personal ads from the world's funniest -- and most erudite -- lonely-hearts column. The ads have been called "surreal haikus of the heart," and in an age of false advertising, the men and women who write them are hindered neither by high expectations nor by positivism of any kind. And yet, while hopes of finding a suitable mate remain low, the column has produced a handful of marriages, many friendships, and at least one divorce.
 Media BuzzAll Things Considered - December 7, 2006
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