false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171228148m/91286.jpg 91286 2 mary bellanova came home to her east village apartment, cooked dinner, and fought with her boyfriend, primo. but soon mary realized that primo's silence in front of the tv set was more than just one of his bad moods: primo was actually dead.<P>other guys had abandoned mary before,but primo's exit was by far the most unique. and suddenly mary's life -- defined so far by a string of temp jobs and unfinished short stories -- takes off on a tantalizing adventure as she follows a trail of primo's ex-lovers.<P>arthur nersesian, who created a howling new york odyssey in his smash hit <I>the fuck-up,</I> captures the spirit of the city itself -- jolting and full of surprise -- in this powerful new novel edged with black humor and poignancy.<P> 88079 book 1 10 2000 Dogrun total:454|5:78|4:157|3:166|2:45|1:8| 454 1614 586 29 4 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:59:47 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 20:37:50 -0700 2009 This is the fourth Nersesian novel I've read, and as with the others I enjoyed the experience greatly.

They say Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times; that each work was just a variation on the others, and that's how I feel when I read Nersesian. His c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 19 09:29:25 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 22:50:31 -0700 2007
The ma...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jan 06 12:18:31 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 12:21:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 06 07:52:59 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 22 10:00:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 11:43:58 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 08:32:55 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 28 23:06:09 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 23:14:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jun 19 19:34:14 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 19:54:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 09 15:10:42 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 15:31:59 -0800 2008 The plot is a bit trivial and scattered, but for me, in some strange way that I can't put my finger on, Mary's dog, Numb, held the whole thing together emotionally and really drove the bo...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 23:01:42 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 23:08:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Feb 22 11:16:22 -0800 2007 Thu Feb 22 11:17:49 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 00:38:36 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 00:41:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 03 15:36:36 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 15:39:57 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 13 17:19:29 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 19 11:06:52 -0800 2008
Goodbye, Nersesian, and thanks for all the tiny books.]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 13:13:30 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 19:58:49 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Mar 14 14:29:03 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 13:02:32 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Sep 04 06:41:39 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 06:43:23 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Jun 04 17:55:27 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 17:58:06 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Jun 29 08:36:12 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 08:38:21 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed May 28 10:38:49 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 10:41:33 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun May 31 12:28:02 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 19:54:18 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=91286