Wednesday, May 23, 2012

"128. A comedy. (Not a bad one.)"


Starting From Happy by Patricia Marx is composed of chaplettes (see title). And drawings.  And characters that would feel comfortable living in Sunset Towers.*

Imogene Gilfeather designs lingerie. Wally Yez works in a lab. They may or may not fall in love, buy a house, and have children. You may or may not fall in love with Marx's style of writing. But as the book's narrator Patty asks,"Have you checked out life lately?"

*see Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game

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