Synopses & Reviews
Pamela Trowel is single in New York City, and her ad sales job is as mundane as her love life is macabre; Alby, a liar and exhibitionist, shows up in the most unexpected places, and unfortunate moments; her creepy, masochistic boss
Daniel falls for her in an obsessive way; Bronc, a rich playboy takes her to see sex shows involving pigs. Her options aren't exactly appetizing -- and then Abdul follows her home from a pizza parlor.
Abdul is a clever urchin who adopts Pamela as his makeshift mother, and the two of them leave Manhattan, slipping away from their problems to embark on a hilarious adventure. But when Abdul disappears Pamela's fierce maternal instincts kick in, and she returns to Manhattan to search for him -- in the guise of a man. As Pamela sinks deeper into her new role of a man who knows how to listen to women, she becomes wildly popular -- until her deception begins to unravel....
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The Boston GlobeHilarious....A wonderfully screwball novel.
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New York
Daily NewsA droll romp skewering Manhattan's chic elite....an amusing read.
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New York
NewsdayA cracked and wonderful ride....Janowitz's writing...comes out of a tradition of comic American misanthropy that can be traced back to Twain, passing along the way through such intervening figures as Dreiser, Nathanael West, and the author of whom she is most reminiscent, Ring Lardner.
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Los Angeles Times Book ReviewFrom satire to slapstick....delivering lots of silliness and wit....the book borrows freely from bedroom farce, TV sitcoms and even Terry Southern's classic "Candy".
Synopsis
Pamela Trowel is single in New York City, and her ad sales job is as mundane as her love life is macabre; Alby, a liar and exhibitionist, shows up in the most unexpected places, and unfortunate moments; her creepy, masochistic boss Daniel falls for her in an obsessive way; Bronc, a rich playboy takes her to see sex shows involving pigs. Her options aren't exactly appetizing -- and then Abdul follows her home from a pizza parlor.
Abdul is a clever urchin who adopts Pamela as his makeshift mother, and the two of them leave Manhattan, slipping away from their problems to embark on a hilarious adventure. But when Abdul disappears Pamela's fierce maternal instincts kick in, and she returns to Manhattan to search for him -- in the guise of a man. As Pamela sinks deeper into her new role of a man who knows how to listen to women, she becomes wildly popular -- until her deception begins to unravel....