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About This Book:

Title: The Fundamentals of Play

Other Available Formats:
Audio Cassette, 2000
Audio Cassette, 2000
Audio Cassette, 2000
Audio Cassette, 2001
Paperback, 2001
MP3 CD, 2005

Synopsis
A group of friends in New York City, tied by bonds that go back to their prep school days, find their cozy world threatened when an upstart computer entrepreneur wins the heart of the woman they idolize, the divine Kate Goodenow.

Details
Language:        English

Size
Length:        289 Pages
Weight:        1.3 Pounds
Height:         9.8 Inches
Width:          6.5 Inches
Thickness:    1 Inches



Publisher Notes
Set in trendy Manhattan, this novel follows a group of boarding school friends--men and women--as they extend their adolescence in this glamorous world, and an outsider who desperately wants in.



Industry Reviews
"Kate Goodenow is...such a type she scarcely seems real. Nevertheless, she's the axis on which Caitlin Macy's first novel spins....She's also something of a bore....Much of the time, Macy's characters say and do the most improbable things. It's hard to stifle the giggles...."
(06/04/2000)
"Macy's eye for the sparks that fly when her honed and not so honed sensibilities rub together is nearly unerring, and it's hard to imagine anyone more capable of writing, eventually, the quintessential chronicle that this novel is straining to become."
(06/19/2000)


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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The Fundamentals of Play and it was written by Caitlin Macy. This edition of The Fundamentals of Play is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is May 2000 and it has a suggested retail price of $24.95. There are 289 pages in the book and it was published by Random House Inc. The 10 digit ISBN is 0375504133 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780375504136. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.