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The Last
Resort
by Alison Lurie
- Book Description
Like a loyal Victorian wife, Jenny has devoted her life
to her much older husband, the famous writer and
naturalist Wilkie Walker, bringing up their children and
researching and editing his bestselling books. But this
year, as winter approaches, Wilkie is increasingly
depressed and withdrawn. At her wit's end, Jenny
persuades him to visit Key West, the Last Resort. But
Key West is not called the Last Resort for nothing. Lives
can turn upside down here, and even short-term visitors
can have experiences they never imagined. Within weeks of
their arrival, Jenny not only has a part-time job but is
becoming involved with assorted local characters,
including Gerry, an ex-beatnik poet, and Lee, the
dramatically attractive manager of a women-only guest
house. Wilkie, meanwhile, is planning his own
"accidental" death by drowning--a task that
turns out to be more difficult than he thought--and
trying to avoid the attentions of a breathless young
female fan.
The Last Resort is the perfect evocation of Key West
and another dazzling demonstration of Alison Lurie's
talent for high comedy and social comment.
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