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The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

Summary

‘Longevity is the only indicator of literature that really matters, and this book is built to last’ Nick Hornby

One of the most beloved coming-of-age tales ever written, The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing tells of Jane Rosenal and her spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. From cocktail parties to country houses, young love to older men, Jane’s experiences form an unforgettable, hilarious patchwork of contemporary romance.
This twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes a insightful, poignant foreword by Nick Hornby.

‘Beautifully written and very funny’ – Guardian

Reviews

  • Beautifully written and very funny. . . as with Salinger and Carver, there is crystalline simplicity to Bank's prose
    Guardian

About the author

Melissa Bank

Melissa Bank is the author of The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing and The Wonder Spot. She won the 1993 Nelson Algren Award for short fiction, and holds an MFA from Cornell University. Her work has appeared in Allure, Chicago Tribune, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Guardian, North American Review, O: the Oprah Magazine, Ploughshares, Washington Post, Zoetrope and many others. Her books have been translated into 33 languages. She divides her time between New York City and East Hampton.
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