The Body of Jonah Boyd: A Novel - Softcover

Leavitt, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582345031 ISBN 13: 9781582345031

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, 2005

Synopsis

Denny is a secretary who has just begun an affair with her boss, while also maintaining a friendship with his wife. Invited to the family's house for Thanksgiving dinner, she enters into a chain of events that will change everyone's lives in ways that none can imagine. Hilarious, scorching, and full of surprises, The Body of Jonah Boyd is a tribute to the power of home, the lure of success, and, above all, the sisterhood of secretaries.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Praise for David Leavitt:
"A superb modern novelist of feeling."-Kirkus Reviews

"He is in full command of a sharp, elegant style."-USA Today

"Remarkably gifted."-Washington Post

"A perceptive, probing chronicler of our time."-Sacramento Bee

About the Author:

David Leavitt is the author of several novels, including The Lost Language of Cranes, While England Sleeps, and Equal Affections, as well as the short-story collections Family Dancing, A Place I've Never Been, and The Marble Quilt, which are all included in Bloomsbury's recently published Collected Stories. A recipient of fellowships from both the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, he teaches at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1582345031
• ISBN 13: 9781582345031
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224