I Look Divine
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Book Overview
Nicholas is beautiful, wealthy and hopelessly vain. With his older brother in tow, he jets from one glamorous scene to another: Rome, Madrid, Mexico. Wherever he goes, he seeks the admiration of other... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:089919530X
ISBN13:9780899195308
Release Date:January 1987
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin
Length:109 Pages
Weight:0.62 lbs.
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A Hidden Gem
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I never realized that this book would be "lost" so soon. Nor did I know that it is supposed to be homoerotic novel while reading it. Since I don't play for that team it didn't occur to me. I Look Divine by Christopher Coe is so much more than that. A hidden gem of a book that is well worth the trouble of finding a used copy. A great tale of one man's obsession with himself through his loving brother's eyes.
Sharp, often hilarious account of the tragedy of excess.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
"I Look Divine" is a eulogy of mixed feeling narrated by one man of many good qualities about his brilliant, beautiful and rich brother, Nicholas, whose gift and curse is that he possesses to too great an excess too many "good" qualities. Reading the book is like looking at a series of snapshots, a family album arranged as a narrative, and the marriage of writing and photography in the novel is absolutely successful. Many wrenchingly funny moments counterbalance, but do not distract from, the tragedy that is the life of a man who has too much. The gay sensibility of the novel is exquisite. Each sentence charms. This is the most tightly written book I have ever encountered.
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