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I recently got on a plane for the first time since the pandemic.
That didnt happen, nor much else.
(In case you forgot: The twist of the movie is that … everyone is a killer.)
I watched the movie while eating a veggie wrap that blurred the line between solid and liquid states.
The woman next to me opened an issue ofThe New Yorkerand immediately fell asleep.
Two hours later she woke up, turned a page, and fell back asleep.
All I can promise is that none of the following will induce that reaction.
What follows is profound … its enjoyable … its profoundly enjoyable.
What Lockwood lacks in Nabokovs fastidiousness she makes up for in butt jokes.
Our young narrator is Tiller, a (by his calculations) slightly below-average guy in all categories.
While working as a golf caddie at a country club, Tiller meets a mysterious businessman named Pong.
Pong is a Chinese immigrant and apparent entrepreneurial genius with Willy Wonkalevel charisma.
RIYL:David Copperfield(book, not magician),ziggurats, Tom Perrotta, T.C.
And lo, it is!
She is a brimming bucket of self-loathing and nasty little epigrams, blessed with intelligence and cursed with self-awareness.
The authors prose is as sharp as a freshly Windexed mirror.
It is everyones loss that Sharma died in 2019 at the appalling age of 39.
Break out the crystal barware and pour a glass ofEXQUISITECHAMPAGNEto pair with this bubbly (and bracing and brainy!
)comedy of manners?
Build aHUMBLE COTTAGEon the dunes ofCAPECODand letthe wintry roar of the sealull you to sleep?
Hurl yourself into the arms of yournext cult favoriteand revel in his one-night stands, glinting parties, andHARDCORETENDERNESS?
Complete (or begin) your education on Western fashion history withthis dazzler?
A quiz to find out whether youll love the book: do you know what aSTOMACHERis?
If not … would you like to?
SUGGESTED PAIRING
Savor a second scoop offeminist rageif the moviePromising Young Womandidnt quench your appetite!
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