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About Schmidt
by Louis Begley (Narrator: George Guidall)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Recorded Books (2001-09)
ISBN: 0788790277
EAN: 9780788790270
Binding/Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
SKU: 00541
Condition: New
Comments: Brand new in shrink wrap
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
As he tries to make his life habitable again--after the devastating loss of his wife--retired lawyer Albert Schmidt finds the possibility of regeneration in a new love the old "Schmidtie" would never have dreamt of. Set in the Hamptons and Mahnattan, and laced with black humor, About Schmidt casts a cold, pitiless eye on the eastern seaboard upper class, the last vestiges of once-ascendant WASPs, and the newcomers whose fortunes are rising.
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Amazon.com Review
Albert Schmidt is a retired lawyer who misses his recently deceased wife, has an unhealthy diet, is a mild anti-Semite and owns a nice home in the Hamptons he feels compelled to offer to his daughter as a wedding present. Said daughter, Charlotte, is a yuppie in all the worst ways. She handles public relations for tobacco companies, doesn't want the house in the Hamptons, and is about to marry a buttoned-up Jewish lawyer. The conflict takes off from there in this finely told tale of retirement, inheritance, and death.
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