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Inglorious
Inglorious
Author: Joanna Kavenna
A darkly comic novel about a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown, set against the backdrop of a London awash with faithless lovers, cutthroat strivers, and so-called friends — One day successful young journalist and dedicated urbanite Rosa Lane sends her boss an e-mail that says “I quit” and then walks out of her job. She ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805081893
ISBN-10: 0805081895
Publication Date: 5/29/2007
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 3
The main character in this book is so thoroughly unlikeable that you actually feel sorry for her boyfriend -- a character who a reader would normally loathe. The author's use of "lists" that her depressed character writes is simply aggravating. I will give it one prop: It is a penetrating account of a person having a nervous breakdown. I will also note that even though I knew this book was on people's wish lists, I left it in my hotel room on my vacation. It was such a miserable read (I did keep reading because I thought it was going to get better --- read it right till the last miserable page) that I couldn't imagine adding it to my carry-on bag's weight.

If you are reading this review before adding it to your wish list -- please spare yourself and skip it.
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