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| Author: Candace Bushnell
Publisher: Voice
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 496
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6 x 1.5
ISBN: 1401301614
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781401301613
ASIN: 1401301614
Publication Date: September 22, 2008
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"ONE FIFTH AVENUE is a modern comedy of manners -- a landmark novel, if you like. Its observations about money, the Internet, the function of art in society as wellas sex romps, social climbing and snobbery enhance Bushnell's reputation as an astute observer of modern life....Carrie Bradshaw wannabes as well as women (and men) near Bushnell's age -- she turns 50 this year -- will be pulled into this refreshing and highly entertaining novel about the power of money, sex and celebrity." br--USA TODAY P"Bushnell...broadens her scope in her latest ode to New York strivers and sophisticates...The fun lies in the author's acute observations about everything from real estate envy to midlife crises." br--More/p P"Where [Bushnell] goes, her army of stilletoed fans follow. You gotta love it: the conflict, the secrets-telling, the peek into the world of the rich and valueless. It all adds up to a juicy summer read." br--iNew York Post/i/p P"iOne Fifth Avenue/i is all things an escapist read she be: quick and wicked and wry. There's a blown-out bitch to root against, a star-crossed couple to root for, and a Tim Gunn-style best friend who deserves his own book. Great, guiltless fun." br--iEntertainment Weekly/i/p PFrom one of the most consistently astute and engaging social commentators of our day comes another look at the tough and tender women of New York City--this time, through the lens of where they live. /p POne Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over one of Manhattan's oldest and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into--one way or another. For the women in Candace Bushnell's new novel, iOne Fifth Avenue/i, this edifice is essential to the lives they've carefully established--or hope to establish. From the hedge fund king's wife to the aging gossip columnist to the free-spirited actress (a recent refugee from L.A.), each person's game plan for a rich life comes together under the soaring roof of this landmark building. /p PAcutely observed and mercilessly witty, iOne Fifth Avenue/i is a modern-day story of old and new money, that same combustible mix that Edith Wharton mastered in her novels about New York's Gilded Age and F. Scott Fitzgerald illuminated in his Jazz Age tales. Many decades later, Bushnell's New Yorkers suffer the same passions as those fictional Manhattanites from eras past: They thirst for power, for social prominence, and for marriages that are successful--at least to the public eye. But Bushnell is an original, and iOne Fifth Avenue/i is so fresh that it reads as if sexual politics, real estate theft, and fortunes lost in a day have never happened before. /p PFrom iSex and the City/i through four successive novels, Bushnell has revealed a gift for tapping into the zeitgeist of any New York minute and, as one critic put it, staying uncannily "just the slightest bit ahead of the curve." And with each book, she has deepened her range, but with a light touch that makes her complex literary accomplishments look easy. Her stories progress so nimbly and ring so true that it can seem as if anyone might write them--when, in fact, no one writes novels quite like Candace Bushnell. Fortunately for us, with iOne Fifth Avenue/i, she has done it again. /p
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 Disappointed-VERY November 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book is such a drag. The characters are boring. The story is boring.br /I feel ripped off by the author using her celebrity status to create more wealth for herself and giving nothing to her fans. If this becomes a movie, lookout! I feel it would need a huge re-write!
 hey, I am a fan November 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are not a Bushnell fan, stay away. Better to start with Trading Up and moving on to Lipstick Jungle. These are great novels. One Fifth has all the elements of a Bushnell novel: Shallow, stunning protaganist attempting to sleep her way to the top, men chasing the shallow stunning girl even though she is evil, other characters who have a supporting role in the drama. But this novel is not as insightful. All the characters lack dimension. Bushnell can do better.br /br /Why 5 stars? Because I really enjoyed the book even though it was lacking.
Disappointed November 25, 2008
I must say, I was extremely disappointed with Bushnell's latest novel. I had to fight with myself to finish it. I was more than halfway through the book before anything even remotely exciting happened, and then when it did, it wasn't developed very well. I am an avid reader and I always read books until the end, but this one I actually dreaded picking back up again. Lola's character is annoying and James and Mindy Gooch are so bland that it makes my head hurt. Too many characters and not enough substance make this a book I wish I would have left on the shelf. If there was a half star rating I would have given it!
one fifth avenue November 25, 2008
could not put this book down hopefully there will be a sequel as it leaves you wanting to know more about the charaters lives
raw, funny, empowering November 24, 2008
if you enjoyed sex and the city you'll enjoy this. bushnell is a phenomenon. she draws a distinction in this book between the strong, independent women who use their brains and talent to get ahead and the ones who...well, use other things. sorry for the brevity and lack of caps, i'm writing this quickly on my kindle.
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