The Diamond Lane

by Karen Karbo

Other authorsJane Smiley (Introduction)
Paperback, 2014

Call number

FIC KAR

Collection

Publication

Hawthorne Books (2014), Edition: Second Edition, 422 pages

Description

Reluctantly back home in L.A. after 16 years in Africa, documentary filmmaker Mouse FitzHenry longs for the harsh, teeming jungle life her lens took in so lovingly. Wrenched Stateside by a family emergency, with her longtime boyfriend/collaborator in tow, Mouse is instantly beleaguered by a past she'd leapt continents to escape. In this rollicking novel, Karbo explores familiar subjects -- the phony glitz of Hollywood, the fairy tale lure of love and marriage -- with precision, compassion, and humor. Mouse's paramour, Tony, a Brit who calls her "poppet," adores L.A. and all that it can do for him and his screenplay. Mouse, meanwhile, caving in to maternal pressure, agrees to marry Tony and then proceeds, with the help of an old flame, to film around her unwitting fiancĂ© a documentary on the entire process of their betrothal calledWedding March. A flawless, page-turning story emerges as Mouse and Tony manage -- often with hilarious subterfuge -- to keep their projects secret from one another. With its laugh-aloud moments and a cast of brilliantly drawn characters, this is a tale to treasure.… (more)

Awards

Oregon Book Awards (Finalist — Fiction — 1992)

Pages

422

ISBN

098936044X / 9780989360449
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