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Plays Well with Others
Plays Well with Others
Author: Allan Gurganus
With great narrative inventiveness and emotional amplitude, Allan Gurganus gives us artistic Manhattan in the wild 1980s, where young artists--refugees from the middle class--hurl themselves into playful work and serious fun.  Our guide is Hartley Mims Jr., a Southerner whose native knack for happiness might thwart his literary ambitio...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375702037
ISBN-10: 0375702032
Publication Date: 2/2/1999
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 1
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Allan Garganus can write! Not a fast read by any means - nothing like his "Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All", but still entertaining if you can stick with it.

Very lovable group of creative beautiful bohemians living the high life in NYC until the AIDS demon attacks the nation. Lots of humor and angst...great great insights. You cannot ever doubt that Garganus is simply a stunning writer and that he lived this book....you can just feel it. It is slow moving and not action packed - it is all about feeling. If you cannot get into flashes of cerebral brilliance, don't read this.


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