My Life, Starring Dara Falcon.
| Publisher | Review of Contemporary Fiction |
| Publication | The Review of Contemporary Fiction |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0276-0045 |
| Issues per Year | 3 |
| Volume | v17 |
| Issue | n2 |
| Published | 1997-06-22 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Reviewee | n/a | Ann Beattie |
| Author | n/a | John O'Brien |
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| My Life, Starring Dara Falcon | Salem on Literature |
Ann Beattie. Knopf, 1997. 307 pp. $24.00.
I am writing this review on April 24; the pub date for this novel is May 12. But today I read Michiko Kakutani's review of the book in the New York Times, appearing two and a half weeks before publication and almost assuredly before the book is in stores. An accident that our ever-brilliant reviewer at the Times, ever the fact-checker, jumped the gun? I don't think so; in case the review itself doesn't discourage enough people, let's make sure that even Beattie fans will not be able to go out and get the book once they see it's...
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