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Laura Warholic.('Laura Warholic: or The Sexual Intellectual ')(Brief article)(Book review)
Theroux's first novel to appear in twenty years concerns the reclusive Eugene Eyestones, a sex columnist for the magazine Quink, who becomes entangled with his corpulent, eructating boss's equally repulsive ex-wife--the titular Laura Warholic, nee Shqumb, a "homely, long-shanked, bony, spindle-nosed slattern of crucial need, low hopes, impoverished account, and undisguised but pathetic greed." To Eyestones, Laura incarnates the vacuity of contemporary America: "Her trains of thought had ...
- Corrections and Clarifications.(Correction notice)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) June 9, 2007 700+ words
...powder. Baking powder is not called for in this recipe. The Tribune regrets the errors. --Publication of the book "Laura Warholic; or, The Sexual Intellectual," reviewed in the May 26 Books section, has been delayed until September. To report errors...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Alexander Theroux October 20, 2009 700+ words
...would always win gold, silver, and bronze in those three." Alexander Theroux is the author of many books, including "Laura Warholic: Or, The Sexual Intellectual." BOOK REVIEW BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS By Aravind Adiga Free Press, 352 pp., $24
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Alexander Theroux October 11, 2009 700+ words
...tale, his luminous ghost shares liquor with Rip van Winkle. Alexander Theroux is the author of many books, including "Laura Warholic: Or, The Sexual Intellectual." FATAL JOURNEY: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson By Peter C. Mancall Basic Books...