Wilder has decided to grace us with a short novel called my french whore. The beloved actor and screenwriters first novel, set during world war i, delicately and elegantly explores a most unusual romance. My french whore by gene wilder goodreads share book. The beloved actor and screenwriter gene wilders first novel, my f. This book so perfectly captures that style and the very nature of the era that it almost makes me wonder if the authors career as an actor was a terrible and tragic mistake, because had he spent that time writing i have no doubt that he would stand shoulder to shoulder with hemingway and faulkner in the minds of those. The beloved actor and screenwriter gene wilders first novel, my french whore, set during world war i, delicately and elegantly explores a most unusual romance.
My french whore is a romantic comedy of errors and deceptions. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I believe i bought this delicious little book because i, for the life of me, could not. My french whore is a 2007 humorous spy romance novel written by the american actor.
The beloved actor and screenwriter gene wilders first novel, my french whore, set during world war i, delicately and elegantly explores a. Each sentence in my french whore is crafted, exact, precise, perfect. My french whore by gene wilder is a whirlwind of a book for anyone who loves period timepieces with a hint of a good romance. My french whore by gene wilder 2008, paperback for sale. In 1918 when paul peachys marriage is failing, he decides to join the army. In presenting his book, gene wilder himself wrote on a blog. My french whore, his first novella, is a charming world war i tale about an american soldier who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances as he fools the. Its almost the end of the war and paul peachy, a young railway employee and amateur actor in milwaukee, realizes his marriage is onesided.
My french whore is my memo to the masses who cried out give us more of the same. My french whore 9781905847150 by wilder, gene and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Afraid of being sent to the front he deserts and passes himself of as stroller. Yet it is so filled with images and humor and romance which, i can say without qualm, isnt my usual choice in fiction that if wilder had beefed it up in any way, it would have surely detracted from the finished product. Its almost the end of the war and paul peachy, a young railway employee and amateur actor in milwaukee, realizes his marriage. Taken to the local schloss and treated like royalty by the german officials, paul is given a french whore, annie breton, for comfort, and he gradually comes to care for her once she reveals. Brief and simply written, it is almost childlike in outlook.
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