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Jewelry Talks: A Novel Thesis
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Jewelry Talks: A Novel Thesis Paperback - 2002

by Klein, Richard

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  • Title Jewelry Talks: A Novel Thesis
  • Author Klein, Richard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date July 9, 2002
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0679758496.G
  • ISBN 9780679758495 / 0679758496
  • Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 5.24 x 0.64 in (20.37 x 13.31 x 1.63 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the publisher

Richard Klein is the author of Eat Fat (available in paperback from Vintage Books) and Cigarettes Are Sublime. He is a professor of French at Cornell University and lives in Ithaca, New York.

From the jacket flap

Campy, bitchy, outrageous, and quite a bit more than over the top, Abby Zinzo describes himself as "a cross between Auntie Mame and Louis the Sun King." Abby has lived a life dedicated to pleasure, and nothing has given him more pleasure than owning, wearing, or merely contemplating the lustrous objects with which women and men have always adorned themselves.
In this sexy, funny book that is part novel and part thesis on jewelry, Abby sits down to record everything he has learned over a lifetime, planning to leave this story along with his collection of valuable stones to his beloved niece, Zeem. He recounts the history of famous gems-like the fabulous Koh-i-Noor and the brilliant blue Hope diamond-and regales us with naughty tales of the women who made the beautiful jewelry their own, including Coco Chanel, the Duchess of Windsor, and Elizabeth Taylor. He also narrates his own sensational life, from Harvard undergraduate to dancer in a notorious Paris drag cabaret to his twilight as a man for whom gender is just another glittering ornament. Sharp, fascinating, and sparkling with its own inner fire, Jewelry Talks is precious gem in and of itself.

Media reviews

"Klein's highly unconventional book has a gemlike quality of its own, scattering light in every direction."–W Magazine

“Brilliant . . . [A] carousel of inventiveness.” –The New York Times Book Review

"Fun to readÉ. This is the work of an unusual imagination."–The Boston Globe

"Part fiction, part treatise, Klein presents the history and lore, magic and secrets of glittering rocks."–New York Daily News

About the author

Richard Klein is the author of Eat Fat (available in paperback from Vintage Books) and Cigarettes Are Sublime. He is a professor of French at Cornell University and lives in Ithaca, New York.