Lisa33: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (608 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000OCXH36 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 557 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Diehard Bookie said Wasn't sure what to expect from this book. It was interesting to me to find out that chat rooms are pretty much all the same, only the screen names are different. When I started reading this, I recalled different characters I'd come across in my earlier chatting days. The conversations were familiar and sad to say, most of the outcomes were also.. A Customer said A laugh-out-loud read. I gobbled up this genuinely entertaining and original book. The back-and-forth rhythms of the characters' e-mailed exchanges brought to mind a jazz combo in action, and the opening give-and-take with the odd juxtapositions made me laugh out loud--something I love to do when I'm reading, but that happens . Diane Moore said Love in the Internet fast lane (Love in the Internet fast lane (3 1/2 stars) I knew what I was getting myself into. I mean, look at the cover! I really don't like instant messenging and email format when it comes to reading books, but I decided to take a chance anyway.The beginning was slow and confusing. You are introduced to all of these annoying people, who are having sex in c. 1/"Love in the Internet fast lane (Love in the Internet fast lane (3 1/2 stars) I knew what I was getting myself into. I mean, look at the cover! I really don't like instant messenging and email format when it comes to reading books, but I decided to take a chance anyway.The beginning was slow and confusing. You are introduced to all of these annoying people, who are having sex in c. 1/2 stars)" according to Diane Moore. I knew what I was getting myself into. I mean, look at the cover! I really don't like instant messenging and email format when it comes to reading books, but I decided to take a chance anyway.The beginning was slow and confusing. You are introduced to all of these annoying people, who are having sex in c. stars). I knew what I was getting myself into. I mean, look at the cover! I really don't like instant messenging and email format when it comes to reading books, but I decided to take a chance anyway.The beginning was slow and confusing. You are introduced to all of these annoying people, who are having sex in c
. He currently lives outside Boston with his wife and children. Dan Allan grew up on Long Island, New York, and has worked extensively in the software industry
It’s circa 1999 and the first sex chat rooms are in full swing. Late at night as his family sleeps, “Tag,” a lawyer trapped in the golden handcuffs of a loveless marriage, makes his inaugural visit to the newly launched Literoticus. When Tag encounters the witty, insightful, and occasionally scathing “Lisa33,” he feels a chemistry that has eluded him his entire marriage. As personal discontents begin to intrude on this virtual erotic eden, Lisa’s longing for something better collides with Tag’s inability to step beyond the boundaries of his own very narrow life, and Lisa makes a heartbreaking choice.A heartfelt, profound, and highly original novel that both satirizes and utterly transcends the Internet craze, Lisa33 captures the longing for transformation through fantasy and brings to life the hilarious, weird community of self-invented characters who step into chat rooms in order to step out of the loneliness, fear, and sorrow of real life.. Late-night honesty builds into sexual and emotional obsession, the kind that makes you think you are capable of changing your whole life. He can’t believe what he’s stumbled into. But what Dan Allan’s characters fail to anticipate is how hard it is to trans
Grade: A -- Entertainment Weekly. -- WhatzUp Magazine, April 15This book is a wonder. From the hilarious opening pages I was hooked. -- Laura Zigman, author ofVivid and hilarious. -- Garrison KeillorLisa33 is ultra-sensitive, built for excitement, but also substantial -- sad, hot, hilarious, truthful, scary, and supremely, addictively entertaining -- Cintra Wilson, authorThe emotional frontier of Internet mania is the subject of lisa33, the affecting new novel by Dan Allanunexpectedly thought-provoking. "Swift, immensely amusing first novelLog on and join the fun." -- Kirkus Reviews, December 15, 2003If Jane Austen married Charles Bukowski, their kid might write with the wit, lust, and gumption of Dan Allan’s Lisa33 -- David Huddle, author ofLisa33 is an eccentric, hilarious book and, in the end, very moving. I admire it. Scorching