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Author: Helene Stapinski
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.224kg
ISBN: 9780747558316
ISBN 10: 0747558310
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 20 May 2002
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
""" [Five-Finger Discount] will steal your heart."" -- People "" By turns hilarious and alarming, uproarious and depressing, [stapinski' s] book reads on the surface like something by Damon Runyon and Elmore Leonard, with a dark undertow of real-life pain and disillusion."" -- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "" It's a brilliant book, a darling book. It is the blessedly modest chronicle of a magical consciousness that seems to have been born pulling diamonds out of the muck, hearing angels' voices in the fiercest thunder....I adored every word of this wondrous book. Get it. Read it."" -- Michael Pakenham, Baltimore Sun "" In the tradition of...Rita Mae Brown and Amy Tan, Ms. Stapinski is an exciting writer, unabashedly candid, and at the same time unashamedly self-contained. Five-Finger Discount is a must-read."" -- Victoria Gotti, The New York Observer "" What [Frank] McCourt did for Limerick, Ireland, Helene Stapinski does for Jersey City."" -- Newark Sunday Star-Ledger "" Hugely entertaining."" -- London Sunday Times"
[Five-Finger Discount] will steal your heart. -- People By turns hilarious and alarming, uproarious and depressing, [stapinski' s] book reads on the surface like something by Damon Runyon and Elmore Leonard, with a dark undertow of real-life pain and disillusion. -- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times It's a brilliant book, a darling book. It is the blessedly modest chronicle of a magical consciousness that seems to have been born pulling diamonds out of the muck, hearing angels' voices in the fiercest thunder....I adored every word of this wondrous book. Get it. Read it. -- Michael Pakenham, Baltimore Sun In the tradition of...Rita Mae Brown and Amy Tan, Ms. Stapinski is an exciting writer, unabashedly candid, and at the same time unashamedly self-contained. Five-Finger Discount is a must-read. -- Victoria Gotti, The New York Observer What [Frank] McCourt did for Limerick, Ireland, Helene Stapinski does for Jersey City. -- Newark Sunday Star-Ledger Hugely entertaining. -- London Sunday Times
Author Information
Author Website: http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/details.aspx?tpid=1835
Helene Stapinski has published stories in the NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK MAGAZINE and PEOPLE amongst many other magazines and newspapers.
