false 1328954 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182788333m/1328954.jpg 1328954 13 3263533 book 22 3 2007 An Absolute Scandal total:218|5:34|4:90|3:67|2:20|1:7| 218 778 361 52 45493 3.82 2645 509 28443325 768999 1328954 0755320840 9780755320844 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182788333m/1328954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1328954.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.58 182 3 1 false Sun Jul 27 14:17:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 14:23:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 71687310 1476299 1328954 0755320840 9780755320844 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182788333m/1328954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1328954.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.57 218 4 0 false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 12:17:39 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 12:28:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 46053008 1885655 2580314 0755336801 9780755336807 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2580314.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.12 8 1 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 12:21:11 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 02:07:14 -0800 2009 Rating this as "1" seems extremely generous but the rating numbers don't go into negatives.
Dreadful book. It bothers me that people...more...]]> 12554027 546484 2471756 0755338138 9780755338139 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2471756.An_Absolute_Scandal 5.00 1 5 0 false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 15 01:02:21 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 11 09:53:37 -0700 2009
Centred around a group of Lloyds 'Names' who have been flung together to fight against losing th...more...]]> 34966830 1593119 1328954 0755320840 9780755320844 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182788333m/1328954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1328954.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.57 218 4 0 false Fri Oct 10 03:42:57 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 11 14:00:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 56476828 354768 2580314 0755336801 9780755336807 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2580314.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.57 218 4 0 false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 08:24:54 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 10:00:20 -0700 2009
In the beginning (maybe the first 100 pages) I had trouble keeping the ...more...]]> 40104350 1258055 1328954 0755320840 9780755320844 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182788333m/1328954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1328954.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.57 218 4 0 false Sun Dec 14 17:18:15 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 17:22:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 67692226 2634797 1328954 0755320840 9780755320844 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182788333m/1328954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1328954.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.57 218 3 0 false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 16 21:43:26 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 21:43:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 42138615 1873196 1328954 0755320840 9780755320844 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182788333m/1328954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1328954.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.57 218 4 0 false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 14:59:28 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 15:01:08 -0800 2009 50613016 1841246 1328954 0755320840 9780755320844 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182788333m/1328954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1328954.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.57 218 4 0 false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 27 09:28:48 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 09:29:49 -0700 2009
Characters, plots, prose all great here. A fun read.]]> 65455470 1446194 2580315 0385519893 9780385519892 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2580315.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.75 8 Set during the boom-and-bust years of the 1980s, AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL follows the lives of a group of people drawn together by their mutual monetary woes when the great financial institution Lloyd's undergoes a devastating downturn. For Nigel Cowper, this means the destruction of his family business; his wife, Lucinda, is willing to do everything she can to help him—except give up her irresistible lover. The powerful, charismatic banker Simon Beaumont and his wife, a highly successful advertising executive, lose everything they worked so hard to acquire; but the ultimate tragedy is something that neither one could have anticipated. The well-to-do are not the only ones suffering: a self-sufficient widow is suddenly deep in debt; a single mother struggles to maintain a comfortable home for her children; and a schoolmaster and his frustrated wife find that financial problems deepen the cracks in their troubled marriage.

For fans of Vincenzi's previous novels and readers of Anita Shreve, Maeve Binchy, and Mary Kay Andrews, AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL is the perfect book for summertime.

]]> 4 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 15:34:29 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 15:46:50 -0700 2009 45994027 135327 5558706 0767926269 9780767926263 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255838739m/5558706.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5558706.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.73 15 An Absolute Scandal looks at a world where money isn't everything . . . sometimes, it's the only thing. And when the money disappears in the thick of a financial crisis, the real story begins.

For Nigel Cowper, this means the destruction of his family business; his wife, Lucinda, is willing to do everything she can to help him—except give up her irresistible lover. The powerful, charismatic banker Simon Beaumont and his equally successful wife Elizabeth lose everything they've worked so hard to acquire; but the ultimate tragedy is something that neither one could have anticipated. Yet the well-to-do are not the only ones whose lives are upended: a self-sufficient widow, a single mother, and a schoolmaster find that their lives are also turned upside down in this deliciously readable tale.]]> 4 0 false Tue Feb 10 19:27:16 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 19:28:37 -0800 2009 Plus it was a speeeeeeedeee read, which is something for me these days.]]> 34991034 1494650 2580314 0755336801 9780755336807 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2580314.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.57 218 2 0 false Fri Oct 10 11:54:15 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 12:10:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 52803903 2174895 1328954 0755320840 9780755320844 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182788333m/1328954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1328954.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.57 218 3 0 false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 13:22:39 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 13:26:19 -0700 2009 57174820 1735915 1328954 0755320840 9780755320844 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182788333m/1328954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1328954.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.57 218 4 0 false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 14:12:41 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 14:13:24 -0700 2009 39246271 1214873 2580315 0385519893 9780385519892 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2580315.An_Absolute_Scandal 3.75 8 Set during the boom-and-bust years of the 1980s, AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL follows the lives of a group of people drawn together by their mutual monetary woes when the great financial institution Lloyd's undergoes a devastating downturn. For Nigel Cowper, this means the destruction of his family business; his wife, Lucinda, is willing to do everything she can to help him—except give up her irresistible lover. The powerful, charismatic banker Simon Beaumont and his wife, a highly successful advertising executive, lose everything they worked so hard to acquire; but the ultimate tragedy is something that neither one could have anticipated. The well-to-do are not the only ones suffering: a self-sufficient widow is suddenly deep in debt; a single mother struggles to maintain a comfortable home for her children; and a schoolmaster and his frustrated wife find that financial problems deepen the cracks in their troubled marriage.

For fans of Vincenzi's previous novels and readers of Anita Shreve, Maeve Binchy, and Mary Kay Andrews, AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL is the perfect book for summertime.

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