- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan; First Edition edition (8 Sep 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0333646304
- ISBN-13: 978-0333646304
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,391,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Setting out to relate the life of someone unknown and intimate with their biographer, this novel charts the life of Isabel, a 25-year-old production assistant from Hammersmith. From the author of "Essays in Love", and "The Romantic Movement".
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Format:Paperback
Alain de Botton's narration is intellectually entertaining in this biographical account of a woman he ultimately falls for . . . If you enjoyed Bridget Jones's Diary, then you must meet her as a male biographer in Kiss & Tell. Alain's language is very crafty and tastefully hilarious. Pop culture and classical philosophy meets in this comedic celebration of the 90s love life.
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This book was a hoot! The premise is that a biographer will write a biography about the next person he meets. Turns out to be a 20-something vaguely-flakish opinionated woman who he takes on as first a subject, then a girlfriend. There are hilarious "academic" rusings on the Nature of Biography," all wonderfully warped to accommodate the lovely Isabelle's life.
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Most biographies feature people who are famous or notorious, no acquaintance of their biographer, and dead. Kiss and Tell is a bold and irreverent challenge to these biographical norms, which sets out to chart the life of someone unknown, intimate with their biographer, and still alive. The result is a witty and perceptive portrait of a young woman. Brilliant.
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