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City Boy

by Jean Thompson

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Newlyweds Jack and Chloe are building a life together in a modest Chicago apartment. The city is theirs to enjoy as Jack struggles to pursue a writing career and Chloe works downtown, applying herself to the world of high finance. While Jack aspires to be the perfect husband, his own self-doubts and Chloe's office flirtations cast shadows. Jealousy and mis-behavior undermine their notions of themselves and of each other, and their lives take on uncomfortable parallels with the volatile, chaotic existence of their raffish, menacing neighbors. In the intense heat of one Chicago summer, Jack and Chloe's marriage roils into a queasy chemistry of vanity, lust, and greed. Thompson writes with piercing insight and emotional truth, setting off literary fireworks.

Review:

"The dark and punishing terrain of the broken human heart is flawlessly charted by Jean Thompson in City Boy."

-- Baltimore Sun

Review:

"Mesmerizing...City Boy abounds in...mordant wit and keen psychological observations."

-- Boston Herald

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780743242837
Author:
Thompson, Jean
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Subject:
General
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Married people
Subject:
Apartment houses
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Copyright:
2005
Edition Description:
B102
Publication Date:
April 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
306
Dimensions:
8.44x5.56x.77 in. .61 lbs.
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