Auntie Mame - by Patrick Dennis (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>With an Introduction by Paul Rudnick and a swank new cover, "Auntie Mame" is back in print, the classic novel that introduced the world to America's most madcap, fun-loving, and irresistible aunt. Afterword by Michael Tanner.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>With a wit as sharp as a vodka stinger and a heart as free as her spirit, Auntie Mame burst onto the literary scene in 1955--and today remains one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction.<br></b><br>Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis' <i>Auntie Mame</i> sold over two million copies and stayed put on the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller list for 112 weeks. It was made into a play, a Broadway and a Hollywood musical, and a fabulous movie starring Rosalind Russell. Since then, Mame has taken her rightful place in the pantheon of Great and Important People as the world's most beloved, madcap, devastatingly sophisticated, and glamorous aunt. She is impossible to resist, and this hilarious story of an orphaned ten-year-old boy sent to live with his aunt is as delicious a read in the twenty-first century as it was in the 1950s. <p/>Follow the rollicking adventures of this unflappable flapper as seen through the wide eyes of her young, impressionable nephew and discover anew or for the first time why Mame has made the world a more wonderful place. <p/>Outrageous, hilarious, ribald, sophisticated, slapsatiric. The Denver Post<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"I reread and study <b>Auntie Mame</b> like a hilarious, glamorous bible where, among other wise lessons, one learns that true sophistication and innocence are two halves of the same glittering coin."<br>--Charles Busch, author of <b>The Tale of the Allergist's Wife</b> and <b>Vampire Lesbians of Sodom</b> <p/>"<b>Auntie Mame</b> is the American <b>Alice in Wonderland</b>. It is also, incidentally, one of the most important books in my life. Its witty Wildean phrases ring in my mind, and its flamboyant characters still enamor me. Like Tennessee Williams, Patrick Dennis caught the boldness, vitality, and iridescent theatricality of modern American personality. In Mame's mercurial metamorphoses we see American optimism and self-invention writ large."--Camille Paglia, author of <b>Sexual Personae</b> <p/>"Mame Dennis is the <i>grande dame</i> of grand dames and I, for one, am thrilled that she's back among us. She is still hilarious, sparkling, and utterly indestructible despite the best efforts of time, neglect, and Lucille Ball."<br>--Joe Keenan, Emmy-Winning Writer/Producer for <i>Frasier, </i>author of <b>Blue Heaven</b> and <b>Putting on the Ritz</b> <p/>"<b>Auntie Mame</b><i> </i>is a unique literary achievementa brilliant novel disguised as a lightweight piece of fluff. Every page sparkles with wit, style andthough Mame would cringe at the thoughthigh moral purpose. Let's hope Patrick Dennis is finally recognized for what he is: One of the great comedic writers of the 20th century."<br>--Robert Plunket, author of <b>Love Junkie </b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Patrick Dennis</b>, the fictional narrator of <i>Auntie Mame </i>and<i> Little Me</i>, was the pen name of Edward Everett Tanner III (1921-1976). One of the most eccentric, celebrated, and widely read authors of the 1950s and '60s, Tanner wrote sixteen novels in all, a majority of which were national bestsellers.
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