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Average Rating: Rating: - Witty and sophisticated Following "Le Divorce," a National Book Awardfinalist, Diane Johnson's latest novel, "Le Mariage," isanother comedy of manners set in the expatriate American community inParis. Johnson, who divides her time between Paris and San Francisco, casts an insightful eye over the cultural differences, wholesale assumptions and misperceptions of national character embraced by the French and the Americans who live among them. The story centers around the upcoming nuptials of American freelance journalist Tim Nolinger and his stylish French fiancée, Anne-Sophie. A horse-oriented antiques dealer, Anne-Sophie's bourgeois ambitions puzzle her famous novelist mother, Estelle, who cultivates a bohemian public persona while harboring highly practical concerns over Tim's ability to provide for her daughter... The novel's framework, with its increasingly zany and convoluted but believable plot lines, offers a solid scaffold for the dynamics of relationship that feed Johnson's witty observations on marriage, infidelity, morality, bureaucracy and cultural chauvinism. Her humor is dry and tart, but, for the most part, sunny. And her characters are delightful. A sophisticated treat. Rating: - A Lot of Hype I found this book in the bookstore and thought it looked like a fun read. I have never read Le Divorce, but it's got to be better than this book, for this book to get so much hype. It took forever for me to really get interested; I kept reconsidering whether I really wanted to continue reading it. It did get better once I got the characters and situations straightened out. However, at the end, it looked like Ms. Johnson wanted to finish writing this book very badly, as the characters are just dropped, leaving you wondering about them. Very disappointing!! Rating: - Le Mariage is not what it's cracked up to be! With total gusto I read Le Divorce. Couldn't wait to start Le Mariage, but what a disappointment. I kept reading only because I didn't want to miss even one of the witty clever observations of Ms. Johnson on human nature, culture -- she's so good at that!!! -- but the plot and all the characters bored me silly. Less plot, less people, we don't need all that trampling.... just her sensibility is enough. I wondered if the author had cinematic ambitions in mind while writing this. Stick to subtle observations, Diane. There you're the best!!!

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