Portrait in brownstone / Louis Auchincloss

By:

Auchincloss, Louis

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1987Copyright date: ℗♭1962Edition: First McGraw-Hill paperback editionDescription: 320 pages ; 18 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0070024413 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

Adventure Novel

DDC classification:

813.54 19

LOC classification:

PS3501.U25 P67 1987

Summary: Auchincloss' tale of a New York family dynasty opens with the suicide of Geraldine Brevoort, a woman whose pride and envy fed her alcoholism and kept her alone, and leads the listener through an odyssey, told in flashbacks by Geraldine's plain yet bright cousin, Ida, and Ida's husband, Derrick - also Geraldine's lover, unbeknownst to Ida - and other family members. What unfolds is the story of the intertwining lives of families from different ethnic and social backgrounds, and the misapprehensions that result when such families are brought together through love, marriage, and adultery.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Centeral Library First floor - Languages	813.54 A.L.P 1962 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		9385

Browsing Centeral Library shelves, Shelving location: First floor - Languages Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous					No cover image available			Next
Previous	813.54 A.J.J 1993 The Japan conspiracy :	813.54 A.K.W 2007 The wrong man /	813.54 A.K.W 2007 The wrong man /	813.54 A.L.P 1962 Portrait in brownstone /	813.54 A.M.B 1929 The Black Dudley murder,	813.54 A.N.P 1996 Primary colors :	813.54 A.P.R 1988 Robot adept /	Next

Auchincloss' tale of a New York family dynasty opens with the suicide of Geraldine Brevoort, a woman whose pride and envy fed her alcoholism and kept her alone, and leads the listener through an odyssey, told in flashbacks by Geraldine's plain yet bright cousin, Ida, and Ida's husband, Derrick - also Geraldine's lover, unbeknownst to Ida - and other family members. What unfolds is the story of the intertwining lives of families from different ethnic and social backgrounds, and the misapprehensions that result when such families are brought together through love, marriage, and adultery.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Click on an image to view it in the image viewer