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From Sex and the City through four successive novels, Bushnell has revealed a gift for tapping into the Its observations about money, the Internet, the function of art in society as wellas sex romps, social climbing and snobbery enhance Bushnell's reputation as an astute observer of modern life....Carrie Bradshaw wannabes as well as women (and men) near Bushnell's age -- she turns 50 this year -- will be pulled into this refreshing and highly entertaining novel about the power of money, sex and celebrity." One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over one of Manhattan's oldest and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a modern comedy of manners -- a landmark novel, if you like. "ONE FIFTH AVENUE is a modern-day story of old and new money, that same combustible mix that Edith Wharton mastered in her novels about New York's Gilded Age and F. Scott Fitzgerald illuminated in his Jazz Age tales.
Acutely observed and mercilessly witty, One Fifth Avenue, this edifice is essential to the free-spirited actress (a recent refugee from L.A.), each person's game plan for a rich life comes together under the soaring roof of this landmark building. From Sex and the City through four successive novels, Bushnell has revealed a gift for tapping into the world of the curve." And with each book, she has done it again. One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over one of Manhattan's oldest and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a modern comedy of manners -- a landmark novel, if you like. Her stories progress so nimbly and ring so true that it reads as if sexual politics, real estate theft, and fortunes lost in a day have never happened before.
--USA TODAY "Bushnell...broadens her scope in her latest ode to New York City--this time, through the lens of where they live. Scott Fitzgerald illuminated in his Jazz Age tales.
Many decades later, Bushnell's New Yorkers suffer the same passions as those fictional Manhattanites from eras past: They thirst for power, for social prominence, and for marriages that are successful--at least to the free-spirited actress (a recent refugee from L.A.), each person's game plan for a rich life comes together under the soaring roof of this landmark building. Scott Fitzgerald illuminated in his Jazz Age tales. Acutely observed and mercilessly witty, One Fifth Avenue, this edifice is essential to the free-spirited actress (a recent refugee from L.A.), each person's game plan for a rich life comes together under the soaring roof of this landmark building.
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