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HTML:A deliciously funny romp of a novel about one overly theatrical and sexually confused New Jersey teenagerâ??s larcenous quest for his acting school tuition
Itâ??s 1983 in Wallingford, New Jersey, a sleepy bedroom community outside of Manhattan. Seventeen-year-old Edward Zanni, a feckless Ferris Buellerâ??type, is Peter Panning his way through a carefree summer of magic and mischief. The fun comes to a halt, however, when Edwardâ??s father remarries and refuses to pay for Edward to study acting at Juilliard. Edwardâ??s truly in a bind. Heâ??s ineligible for scholarships because his father earns too much. Heâ??s unable to contact his mother because sheâ??s somewhere in Peru trying to commune with Incan spirits. And, as a sure sign heâ??s destined for a life in the arts, Edwardâ??s incapable of holding down a job. So he turns to his loyal (but immoral) misfit friends to help him steal the tuition money from his father, all the while practicing for his high school performance of Grease. Disguising themselves as nuns and priests, they merrily scheme their way through embezzlement, money laundering, identity theft, forgery, and blackmail. But, along the way, Edward also learns the value of friendship, hard work, and how youâ??re not really a man until you can beat up your fatherâ??metaphorically, that is. How I Paid for College is a farcical coming-of-age story that combines the first-person tone of David Sedaris with the byzantine plot twists of Armistead Maupin. It is a novel for anyone who has ever had a dream or a scheme, and it marks the introduction… (más)
A principios de los ochenta, en las afueras de Nueva York, la vida no es fácil para Edward Zanni, un talentoso joven con vocación de actor y fanático de los musicales. Edward se las tendrá que apañar solito, con la única e inestimable colaboración de su peculiar grupo de amigos, para entrar en Juillard, la más prestigiosa -y carÃsima- escuela de arte dramático de Nueva York, ya que su padre, un acaudalado hombre de negocios, se niega a pagarle esos estudios. Y para conseguir su sueño no dejará que pequeñas cosas como la extorsión, el chantaje, la falsificación de documentos o la suplantación de personalidad se interpongan en su camino.
Fiction.
Literature.
Humor (Fiction.)
LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.)
HTML:A deliciously funny romp of a novel about one overly theatrical and sexually confused New Jersey teenagerâ??s larcenous quest for his acting school tuition
Itâ??s 1983 in Wallingford, New Jersey, a sleepy bedroom community outside of Manhattan. Seventeen-year-old Edward Zanni, a feckless Ferris Buellerâ??type, is Peter Panning his way through a carefree summer of magic and mischief. The fun comes to a halt, however, when Edwardâ??s father remarries and refuses to pay for Edward to study acting at Juilliard. Edwardâ??s truly in a bind. Heâ??s ineligible for scholarships because his father earns too much. Heâ??s unable to contact his mother because sheâ??s somewhere in Peru trying to commune with Incan spirits. And, as a sure sign heâ??s destined for a life in the arts, Edwardâ??s incapable of holding down a job. So he turns to his loyal (but immoral) misfit friends to help him steal the tuition money from his father, all the while practicing for his high school performance of Grease. Disguising themselves as nuns and priests, they merrily scheme their way through embezzlement, money laundering, identity theft, forgery, and blackmail. But, along the way, Edward also learns the value of friendship, hard work, and how youâ??re not really a man until you can beat up your fatherâ??metaphorically, that is. How I Paid for College is a farcical coming-of-age story that combines the first-person tone of David Sedaris with the byzantine plot twists of Armistead Maupin. It is a novel for anyone who has ever had a dream or a scheme, and it marks the introduction
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