Mantrapped is a dazzling new work that continues Fay Weldon's critically acclaimed memoir, Auto da Fay, and tells the story of a woman down on her luck. Trisha is forty-four and at the end of her rope: creditors are coming and boyfriends have long left. Then, one day, on the stairs above her local dry cleaner, she bumps into the dashing Peter Watson, an editor for the local newspaper. After brushing past each other, they mysteriously and instantly swap souls. Peter looks down to see himself housed in Trisha's much curvier form, and Trisha discovers she's newly equipped with hairy legs and a six-pack. Mixing humor, imagination and insight, Mantrapped proves that Weldon is still the best at writing about the sexes.
By:
Fay Weldon Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Country of Publication: United States Edition: First Trade Paper Edition Dimensions:
Height: 209mm,
Width: 139mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 311g ISBN:9780802142177 ISBN 10: 0802142176 Pages: 272 Publication Date:10 January 2006 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Mantrapped: A Novel
Weldon's greatest marvel is probably not her fast pace or brilliant asides but her wit and wisdom about sex.
