Author

Publication

1990 - Grove Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

20,500 words, Guess

Page Count

82 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number88006959
  • LibraryThing25668
  • Goodreads113205

Classifications

  • DDC812/.54
  • LCCPS3556.E42 E4 1990

Description

"Elliot is a bachelor in his late thirties whose new girlfriend, Joanna, is everything he ever wanted in a woman--intelligent, beautiful, warm, independent--and yet terrifies him for precisely that reason. A twice-divorced real estate broker who likes order in her life, she is equally scared of the precariousness of having someone matter to her. Their uncertainties come to ahead when Elliot takes her to a party to meet "the guys"--Bobby, who works for Playboy; Phil, a recovering alcoholic; and Larry, who "is not comfortable with a woman outside the confines of a divorce court." The encounter becomes an initiation ceremony crackling with witty, barbed, and devastating dialogue that strips the two lovers of all pretensions, forcing them to confront each other anew in a painful awareness of their vulnerability"--Back cover.

First Sentence

ELLIOT (downstage front): I'll never do better.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Elliot loves: a playGrove Press1990-01-01

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