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Scribner
June 2010
On Sale: June 8, 2010
102 pages
ISBN: 1439168695
EAN: 9781439168691
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Fiction
Ann Beattie arrived in New York young, observant and
celebrated (as The New Yorker’s young fiction star) in one
of the most compelling and creative eras of recent times. So
does the protagonist of her intense new novella, Walks with Men. It is 1980 in New York City, and Jane, a valedictorian fresh
out of Harvard, strikes a deal with Neil, an intoxicating
writer twenty years her senior. The two quickly become
lovers, living together in a Chelsea brownstone, and Neil
reveals the rules for a life well lived: If you take food
home from a restaurant, don’t say it’s because you want
leftovers for "the dog." Say that you want the bones for "a
friend who does autopsies." If you can’t stand on your head
(which is best), learn to do cartwheels. Have sex in
airplane bathrooms. Wear only raincoats made in England.
Neil’s certainties, Jane discovers, mask his deceptions. Her
true education begins. "One of our era’s most vital masters of the short form" (The
Washington Post), Beattie brilliantly captures a time, a
place and a style of engagement. Her voice is original and
iconic.
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