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Cigarettes is a novel about the rich and powerful, tracing their complicated relationships from the 1930s to the 1960s, from New York City to Upper New York State.

Though nothing is as simple as it might appear to be, we could describe this as a story about Allen, who is married to Maud but having an affair with Elizabeth, who lives with Maud. Or say it is a story about fraud in the art world, horse racing, and sexual intrigues. Or, as one critic did, compare it to a Jane Austen creation, or to an Aldous Huxley noveland be right and wrong on both counts.

What one can emphatically say is that Cigarettes is a brilliant display of Harry Mathews''s ingenuity and deadly playfulness.

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      Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/31/2025
      ISBN13: 9781628976076, 978-1628976076
      ISBN10: 1628976071

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Cigarettes is a novel about the rich and powerful, tracing their complicated relationships from the 1930s to the 1960s, from New York City to Upper New York State.

      Though nothing is as simple as it might appear to be, we could describe this as a story about Allen, who is married to Maud but having an affair with Elizabeth, who lives with Maud. Or say it is a story about fraud in the art world, horse racing, and sexual intrigues. Or, as one critic did, compare it to a Jane Austen creation, or to an Aldous Huxley noveland be right and wrong on both counts.

      What one can emphatically say is that Cigarettes is a brilliant display of Harry Mathews''s ingenuity and deadly playfulness.

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