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An edition of You Don't Love Me Yet: A Novel (2007)

You Don't Love Me Yet (Vintage Contemporaries)

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From the incomparable Jonathan Lethem, a raucous romantic farce that explores the paradoxes of love and art Lucinda Hoekke spends eight hours a day at the Complaint Line, listening to anonymous callers air their random grievances. Most of the time, the work is excruciatingly tedious. But one frequent caller, who insists on speaking only to Lucinda, captivates her with his off-color ruminations and opaque self-reflections. In blatant defiance of the rules, Lucinda and the Complainer arrange a face-to-face meeting--and fall desperately in love.Consumed by passion, Lucinda manages only to tear herself away from the Complainer to practice with the alternative band in which she plays bass. The lead singer of the band is Matthew, a confused young man who works at the zoo and has kidnapped a kangaroo to save it from ennui. Denise, the drummer, works at No Shame, a masturbation boutique. The band's talented lyricist, Bedwin, conflicted about the group's as-yet-nonexistent fame, is suffering from writer's block. Hoping to recharge the band's creative energy, Lucinda "suggests" some of the Complainer's philosophical musings to Bedwin. When Bedwin transforms them into brilliant songs, the band gets its big break, including an invitation to appear on L.A.'s premiere alternative radio show. The only problem is the Complainer. He insists on joining the band, with disastrous consequences for all.Brimming with satire and sex, You Don't Love Me Yet is a funny and affectionate send-up of the alternative band scene, the city of Los Angeles, and the entire genre of romantic comedy, but remains unmistakably the work of the inimitable Jonathan Lethem.

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Vintage
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Cover of: You Don't Love Me Yet
You Don't Love Me Yet
2008, Faber & Faber, Limited
in English
Cover of: You Don't Love Me Yet
You Don't Love Me Yet
2008, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Cover of: You Don't Love Me Yet (Vintage Contemporaries)
You Don't Love Me Yet (Vintage Contemporaries)
April 8, 2008, Vintage
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Cover of: You Don't Love Me Yet
You Don't Love Me Yet: A Novel
March 13, 2007, Doubleday
in English
Cover of: You Don't Love Me Yet
You Don't Love Me Yet
Aug 24, 2007, Faber And Faber Ltd.
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Cover of: You Don't Love Me Yet
You Don't Love Me Yet: A Novel
March 13, 2007, Random House Audio
Audio CD in English - Unabridged edition
Cover of: You Don't Love Me Yet
You Don't Love Me Yet
2007, Faber and Faber
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You don't love me yet
2007, Doubleday
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Library of Congress
PS3562.E8544 Y68 2008

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Paperback
Number of pages
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OL9625766M
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youdontlovemeyet0000leth
ISBN 10
140007682X
ISBN 13
9781400076826
OCLC/WorldCat
166358704
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1480372
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