I absolutely loved this book (maybe more than The Dud Avocado??). The sly deviousness and deprecating wit of the anti-heroine was entertaining to no end. Also for a book that is 50 years old it did not seem extremely dated. The ending was just perfect, which I don't say too often!Loved this: "All right, I was wacky. I was cracking up, but I'll never be the same again as in that litmus-paper state where if you held my hand in yours for a minute your imprint was on me for ever, where my shadow permanently stained the wall, where the air was real and active, tactile, writhing all around me." I liked this book alot, perhaps more than The Dud Avocado. The anti-herione, "Honey Flood," is a much different character than Salley Jaye, and so is the story. Told in first person by "Honey" (not her real name), this story is fairly tightly-plotted story of a bad girl bent on getting her money "back." It also gives an honest slice-of-life of a young American girl in 1950's London seducing (and seduced by) an older man. Clever and poignant.
What do You think about The Old Man And Me (1964)?
smart and witty and hillarious and very very CHEEKY. Love! Would read this again in 5 or 10 years.
—mimie
Read the forward on this one. So much better than Holden Caulfield, this protagonist...
—happyreader
