Gene Wilder
Hardcover | Pages: 178 pages Rating: 3.74 | 1642 Users | 283 Reviews
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| Original Title: | My French Whore: A Love Story |
| ISBN: | 0312360576 (ISBN13: 9780312360573) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Germany France |
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The beloved actor and screenwriter Gene Wilder's first novel, My French Whore, set during World War I, delicately and elegantly explores a most unusual romance. It's almost the end of the war and Paul Peachy, a young railway employee and amateur actor in Milwaukee, realizes his marriage is one-sided. He enlists, and ships off to France. Peachy instantly realizes how out of his depth he is—and never more so than when he is captured. Risking everything, Peachy—who as a child of immigrants speaks German—makes the reckless decision to impersonate one of the enemy's most famous spies.As the urbane and accomplished spy Harry Stroller, Peachy has access to a world he could never have known existed—a world of sumptuous living, world-weary men, and available women. But when one of those women—Annie, a young, beautiful and wary courtesan—turns out to be more than she seems, Peachy's life is transformed forever.
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| Title | : | My French Whore |
| Author | : | Gene Wilder |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 178 pages |
| Published | : | March 6th 2007 by St. Martin's Press |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Humor. Novels. Adult Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.74 From 1642 Users | 283 ReviewsCriticize Based On Books My French Whore
I was looking for a book written by a comedian for a reading challenge. When I found this debut novel written by Gene Wilder I was very curious. Gene Wilder writing a romance? I had to give it a try and so glad I did! My French Whore is a charming romance set during the end of WWI. It was so easy to get completely immersed in this funny, sweet and clever tale of Pvt Paul Peachy's adventures as a German Colonel imposter and his romance with a French whore.Gene Wilder's voice shines through in this story.
I loved this book. It was somewhat surprising to me that I could love the characters in this book, given it's so short and compact. His writing style was fantastic and I could visualize Wilder as the main character. Especially when he would get caught up in situations where you could visualize the physical comedy that ensued. Peachy, a young man from Milwaukee leaves his home for WWII and is captured by the enemy. A split second decision to save his life, he starts to impersonate a famous german
Entertaining, hilarious, and romantic - who could ask for anything more? I loved this tale of a heroic American World War 1 soldier who masquerades as a German spy and, in the process, falls madly in love with a French woman who has had to offer her body in exchange for...just about everything. A wonderful, random find from the library :-D
Being a big WWI fan, I thought this was going to be a lot better than it was. It got to be a bit like a Monty Python skit towards the end but I believe the author intended it to be a more serious love story (unless it was all tongue in cheek, and I completely missed the point).
I can usually tell where an author is coming from... something like forensic deconstruction... but Gene Wilder is a mystery. He writes an excellent story with simple wit and much grace. His prose is straightforward and powerful. For anyone put off by the title, don't be; the heroine of the story may have been one in the past but as a character in this story isn't... at least not by my definition. I read it in one sitting, and couldn't (or wouldn't) put it down. I had hoped for a different
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