Dara Falcon is brilliant, manipulative, a pathological liar. The novel's narrator, Jean Warner, is perfect prey for her. Suddenly Jean's life, her marriage--her idea of herself--are dramatically... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This is a great book from Ann Beattie. It touches on many themes: friendship, betrayal, the safe but static family lives of people etc. But ultimately it is the narrator as well as the reader's fascination with Dara Falcon that propels us deeper and deeper into this 'web' of events. The larger than life portrayal of Dara Falcon is believable and a terrific accomplishment for the writer. Read this book.
I was amazed...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I am an avid reader of the works of Ann Beattie, and I couldn't wait for Dara Falcon to come out. I was incredibly happy with the book. The complexity of Beattie's characters and how intricately interwoven they are in the lives of one another never ceases to amaze me.
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