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nWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE nVirginia Miner, a fifty-something, unmarried tenured professor, is in London to work on her new book about childrens folk rhymes. Despite carrying a U.S. passport, Vinnie feels essentially English and rather looks down on her fellow Americans. But in spite of that, she is drawn into a mortifying and oddly satisfying affair with an Oklahoman tourist who dresses more Bronco Billy than Beau Brummel. n nAlso in London is Vinnies colleague Fred Turner, a handsome, flat broke, newly separated, and thoroughly miserable young man trying to focus on his own research. Instead, he is distracted by a beautiful and unpredictable English actress and the world she belongs to. n nBoth American, both abroad, and both achingly lonely, Vinnie and Fred play out their confused alienation and dizzying romantic liaisons in Alison Luries Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Smartly written, poignant, and witty, Foreign Affairs remains an enduring comic masterpiece. n nA splendid comedy, very bright, brilliantly written in a confident and original manner. The best book by one of our finest writers. n -Elizabeth Hardwick n nThere is no American writer I have read with more constant pleasure and sympathy. . . . Foreign Affairs earns the same shelf as Henry James and Edith Wharton. n-John Fowles n nIf you manage to read only a few good novels a year, make this one of them. n-USA Today n nAn ingenious, touching book. n-Newsweek n nA flawless jewel. n-Philadelphia Inquirern
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