My French Whore (Thorndike Core)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (843 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786297255 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 179 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Risking everything, Peachywho as a child of immigrants speaks Germanmakes the reckless decision to impersonate one of the enemy's most famous spies.As the urbane and accomplished spy Harry Stroller, Peachy has access to a world he could never have known existeda world of sumptuous living, world-weary men, and available women. He enlists, and ships off to France. It's almost the end of the war and Paul Peachy, a young railway employee and amateur actor in Milwaukee, realizes his marriage is one-sided. The beloved actor and screenwriter Gene Wilder's first novel, My French Whore, set during World War I, delicately and elegantly explores a most unusual romance. But when one of those womenAnnie, a young, beautiful and wary courtesanturns out to be more than she seems, Peachy's life is transformed forever.. Peachy instantly realizes how out of his depth he isand never more so than when he is captured
After a small role in Bonnie and Clyde pulled him away from a career onstage, he was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Leo Bloom in The Producers, which led to Blazing Saddles and then to another Academy nomination, this time for writing Young Frankenstein. Gene Wilder (1933-2016) began acting when he was thirteen
(Mar.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Despite some ensuing heroism, the game's soon up for Peachy, and the novel takes the form of the final, eloquent notebook of a man still finding out who he is. Paul, who speaks German, is brought in to interrogate notorious German spy Harry Stroller. All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly A simple, straight-faced love story about a brave coward and a scarlet woman drives actor Wilder's touching debut novel. . Taken to the local schloss
Ineresting World War I vignette Jennifer A. Ray Leaving his uninterested wife, Paul Peachy joins the armed services and is soon deployed to France during World War I. When his camp is decimated by the Germans, he finds himself at the wrong end of a number of rifles, but some quick thinking and a fluency in the German language serve to buy him some time.He assumes the identity of an infamous German spy, Harry Stro. "Quite fast paced, but a very good story." according to J. D. Pruett. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Reading Mr. Wilde's fiction is a delightful way to spend an evening. Stretching the tale would add nothing.. Easy read by Gene Wilder Gene Wilder has a gift of story-telling in a easy to read way. Characters are enduring and yet flawed as we all are. Enjoyable weekend read.