| 词条 | My French Whore |
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| name = My French Whore | image = My French Whore.jpg | author = Gene Wilder | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | genre = Novel | publisher = St. Martin's Press | release_date = 2007 | media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) | pages = | isbn = 0-312-36057-6 | dewey = | congress = | oclc = | preceded_by = Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art (2005) | followed_by = The Woman Who Wouldn't (2008) }} My French Whore is a 2007 humorous spy romance novel written by the American actor, director, screenwriter and author, Gene Wilder. Plot summarySet towards the end of World War I, in 1918, it tells the story of a shy young railway employee and amateur actor from Milwaukee, named Paul Peachy. Having realised that his wife no longer loves him, Paul enlists as a private in the U.S. Army and boards ship for the trenches of France. Peachy finds temporary solace in friendship amid horrors of war, but is soon captured by the enemy Germans in No Man's Land. His only chance of survival is to impersonate one of the enemy's most famous spies (as a child of immigrants, he is a fluent German speaker). As the urbane and accomplished spy Harry Stroller, Peachy is feted as a hero by the German top brass and gains access to a previously unimagined world of sumptuous living. But his new role also reveals inner reserves of courage and ingenuity he never knew he possessed, as the mounting suspicions of his German hosts force Peachy into ever more outrageous deceptions.[1] In this atmosphere of smoke and mirrors, Paul Peachy falls in love with Annie, a beautiful French courtesan, who seems to see through his artful disguise. Review and criticismMy French Whore is a romantic comedy of errors and deceptions. A reviewer stated that the "writing [is] sparse but perfect, and the dialogue [is] wonderful."[2] Other reviewers have written that Wilder's character development was scarce and irregular,[3] whereas still others stated that Wilder's novel was a touching debut novel "a simple, straight-faced love story about a brave coward and a scarlet," where the language was humorous, with characters who had depth and charm.[4] Finally, a writer for the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Wilder’s delightful fiction debut (is) a novel so witty, dramatic and romantic that the reader is left with an indelible mental movie."[5]Overall, Wilder's first novel had a fair reception and good sales.[6] References1. ^See entry on Bol.it 2. ^Cf. "Let's eat Grandpa", #72 – My French Whore by Gene Wilder {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128102205/http://letseatgrandpa.com/2010/01/12/72-my-french-whore-by-gene-wilder/ |date=2012-01-28 }}. In presenting his book, Gene Wilder himself wrote on a blog: My French Whore is my memo to the masses who cried out Give us more of the same! Very well, liebchens. You would like to re-live the black comedy of The Producers? I give you the madcap tale of an American soldier who impersonates a German spy, with hilarious but sombre results. Picture much hollering, in German! SCHNELL und ACHTUNG!, Books I Done Read Blog accessed 26 January 2012 3. ^See int. al., The ListAccessed 26 January 2012 4. ^Cf. appraisal on ReaderStore Accessed 26 January 2012. Page content gone (accessed 31 August 2016); Page says"Reader Store is now closed in the US and Canada. As announced by Sony, Reader Store in the U.S. and Canada closed on March 20, 2014, and customers were transferred to Toronto-based eReading company, Kobo. Accordingly, Reader Store accounts are now closed and access to purchased content is no longer available." 5. ^Quoted on Bol.it Accessed 26 January 2012 6. ^[https://www.amazon.com/My-French-Whore-Gene-Wilder/dp/B002YNS1L6 Cf. Amazon.com rank status and editorial reviews] Further reading
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