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"Although Frankie is intelligent, she is not a perfect size two and does not wear Manolas. She is always the extra dinner guest seated next to the artsy afficinado, who leaves her at her door when he escorts her home.
The New York Brahmins and the nouveau riche have thier own clashes and Frankie is caught in the middle. The married couples interchange partners-always looking for the ultimate experience. Their world is filled with private jets, Aspen holidays and attending the right charity gala. Frankie is above the tedium of keeping up with the who's who of New York, she works at her job as a healer. Wasserstien's an able chronicler of New York';s charmed but hermetic social set. Their incessant need to acquire and consume carnally and literally are conveyed in perfect pitch. Their lust for bigger and biggest drives the plot, and creates an absorbing tableau of life on Fifth Avenue. The characters are not caricatures; they are fresh and rounded. Their debaucheries are delivered with a hint of a theatrical flair.
The story has many powerful moments delineating the ambiguity and clash of sex and class.
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Irene DSouza, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- humorous
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Other aspects:
- story of "the rich"
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
If story of urban/rural...
- Big city life
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- quite fatty
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
Unusual Style:
- a lot of play on words
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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