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David
Jun 28, 2008 rated it really liked it
First published in 1960, this book is a delicious souffle, which J. R. Ackerley has whipped to perfection. It tells the
hilarious story of the love triangle involving Frank, a buttoned-down civil servant, Johnny, the working class guy he's in love with, and the beautiful, headstrong, Evie. As the story opens, Johnny has been sentenced to a year in jail for breaking and entering, and Frank is worried that this will give Johnny's pregnant wife, Megan, the chance to freeze him out of Johnny's life
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Mar 09, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Aug 22, 2012 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: glbt, fiction
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