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<p><p>a Modern Tale Of Sexual Mores And City Life, Edward Docx’s Brilliant Debut Is A Witty Novel Of Spurned Lovers, Elaborately Planned Seduction, Plotted Revenge, And Surprising Secrets.<br> Jasper Jackson Is A Rapacious Heartbreaker Who Is Greatly Overdue For A Reckoning. He Is Also A Passionate, Charming, Sophisticated Young Londoner, Well Versed In Life’s finer Enjoyments — Art And Wine, Great Food And Engaging Friendships — Who Happens To Eke Out His Stylish Existence In The Improbable Vocation Of Calligraphy. While Working On A Commission To Transcribe The Love Poetry Of John Donne, He Glimpses An Alluring Woman In The Courtyard Outside His Window. Madeleine Is In Every Way His Match — Sexy, Intelligent, And, Above All, Elusive. But His Mission To Seduce Her Marks The Start Of His Unraveling.<br> A Contemporary Comedy Of Manners For Fans Of Nick Hornby Or Julian Barnes, The Calligrapher Dazzles With Its Acute Observations About Truth And Deceit In The Eternal Battle Of Love.<p></p><h3>the New York Times</h3><p>there's Something Admirable About Docx's Stab At Being At Once Low And Hoity-toity; At Sexing The Novel Down, As It Were. But He Runs
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Docx, Edward
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin/Mariner Books
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780618485345
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (430 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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