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Love Junkie by Robert Plunket is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Love Junkie about?
The "diabolically clever, shamelessly brass-balled, wrenchingly funny" (NY Native) story of love, lust, and the agony of romantic disillusionment. Adored by the likes of Amy Sedaris, Madonna (who optioned the film rights), and Gordon Lish, Love Junkie is Robert Plunket's cult novel of the heady heyday of gay New York at the dawn of the AIDS epidemic: scandalously long out of print, it is now gloriously reissued for a new generation of readers. Mimi Smithers, a modern-day Emma Bovary, is a fortyish suburban housewife who has an eye for décor and dreams of hosting lavish cocktail parties. Reflecting on her time in Tehran with her Union Carbide executive husband, she says, "In the waning months of the Shah's regime, entertaining became more and more difficult. Hams—always a problem in Islamic countries—were as rare as hen's teeth." After their move to Westchester, a party she hosts for Mrs. Rockefeller goes south, and she falls into...
Who reads Love Junkie?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Robert Plunket
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780811238472
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 3.59 / 5 (42 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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