"'She sure did!' I bought one of her paintings,' Freddy proudly declared.
"Solene looked surprised. 'Did you really? Which one?'
"'Just Shut Up and Blow Me.'
"'That's a bit rude, Freddy!' Bea scolded.
"'No, no, that's the name of her painting,' Freddy explained.
"Solene nodded. 'Yes, it's part of my latest series. It's my examination of toxic masculinity, based on actual words my exes would say to me.'"
Kevin Kwan's books have been discussed here several times already. He's the author of Crazy Rich Asians and its two sequels, and also Sex and Vanity, which is the one book by him I haven't read. He's something of a latter-day Anthony Trollope, poking fun at the rich, famous and powerful while at the same time bringing his fiction into a very modern context.
If you've read his other books you won't find Lies and Weddings that surprising, though it is one of his funnier books. In this contemporary fairy tale a young female doctor becomes romantically entangled with a wealthy British family's only son, and even though the ending's extremely predictable both the humor and characterization are flawless.
I'm assuming I missed Sex and Vanity because of COVID. I've never even seen it for sale in a bookstore. If I ever come across it I'll be sure to give it a go. Lies and Weddings was a very enjoyable read, and I'd be glad to say that I read all of Kevin Kwan's books.
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