title: Crush: An Erotic Novel
author: Cecile De LA Baume
description: What ever happened to the astringent sensuousness of Marguerite Duras or Annie Ernaux, excellent (and, one always thought, representative) French writers for whom sex is not just sex but a window on both psyche and society? In this mushy book, chic, young Amelie encounters David at a gas station late at night; she's on the way to visit her children at her parents' home, he's directing a movie there. An affair naturally follows, rendered in near-clinical detail, then gets blown out of the water by a stupid misunderstanding, with Amelie left worrying, as at the beginning, about how she looks. If your readers like hot romance in reasonably exotic settings, they might go for this debut; otherwise, you can skip it.?Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal"<br />Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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