A Glimpse of Stocking: A Novel

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Summary: A FULL ENJOYMENT
Review: A GLIMPSE OF STOCKING is a sexually charged "roman à clef" Hollywood type of a novel. Reminiscent of any of Jackie Collins work, this one however is far more superior with its rich prose, setting, character development, and its non-stop action--a powerful combination that makes this lenghty 700+ page novel such a joy to read.-----Martin Boucher

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Summary: WOW Holy cow!
Review: The first time I picked up this book I was 18 and found it in a closet of my uncles house. I sat down and started to read, 5 hrs later I was still sitting there and reading the last chapter. This book has everything in it, sex, intrigue, romance, horrer, incest, there are moments that make you smile, and others that make you cry, all in all the charachters become real, you love when they love, hate when they hate, and get angry with them at all life's injustices.Once you start this book it is hard to put down. An in the end the ending will blow you away, it is shocking! I have owned several copies since then and in 9 yrs I still consider it one of my favorite books, one word for you if you buy this book,ENJOY!

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Summary: Intense
Review: The plot is sensational. There are many turns and twists, yet in a way loosely gathered until the end that there is little doubt of the plausibility of the story. The book's most glorious attribute, however, is the happy yet tragic ending that somehow gives statement to the few lives it carefully traced through twenty and more years. Each character is dynamic, full of personality yet not entirely in the grasp of the reader. The sense of the enigmatic only enhanced the strength of the characters. They were cold in their ruthlessness, pitiable in their weakness, lovable in their humanness, and memorable because of their ability to stand erect from the experiences prescribed by the writer and come forth as individuals of complex natures. In the end the result is tragedy, or triumph that rises above the tarnishes of life and simply shows off its beauty. It leaves the reader with a sense of the regrettable and uncontrollable events of life as much a result of fate as our doing, and also a yearning to overcome it all and survive.

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Summary: Exciting, erotic, intelligent, merciless, sad, well written!
Review: This is one of my favorite novels. I have owned several copies. It has everything. Romance, intriuge, an exotic and foreign way of living. Real but imaginary, and extraordinary characters and an ending so shocking to have left me breathless and in tears. I feel close to Christine, as if she were someone I knew, or someone I recognized in myself. I collect all of Ms. Gage's work now although I believe this to be her best work and unsurpassible in quality. I will never loan it out.