But Max had also always craved the recognition of another sort of
woman, the sort who had been Homecoming Queen at her high school -
just as the tempting Lula Mae Flowers had been back in Texas. Why
did Max have to meet Lula Mae just when he'd found his destiny woman
in Lola? And if Lola embodied everything Max longed for, how could
there be anything left over for Texan ex-Homecoming Queens?
> This is it ... this is my destiny woman,' Max blurted out when
he first met Lola at the Coliseum shop. Not only was she aristocratic
and wild at heart, but the two discovered an uncanny convergence of
musical tastes. Soon they were converging at every level - Lola
filling Max's emptiness and vice versa.<
'Hoban's writing is always a delight
-exhilarating and inventive ... a treat to read' Daily Mail
'This novel has great charm and grace ... and the sense of
master playfully at work' New Statesmen 'There are 75 chapters
in this short novel. They are almost like haiku, each evoking a
mood, a taste or a recollection, developing repeated themes of
memory and desire, form and emptiness ... It is tougher,
stranger and cleverer than whimsy. Hoban writes wonderfully'
Sunday Times 'The writing is crisp, the dialogue sharp and
offbeat' The Times
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But Max had also always craved the recognition of another sort of
woman, the sort who had been Homecoming Queen at her high school -
just as the tempting Lula Mae Flowers had been back in Texas. Why did
Max have to meet Lula Mae just when he'd found his destiny woman in
Lola? And if Lola embodied everything Max longed for, how could there
be anything left over for Texan ex-Homecoming Queens?
> This is it ... this is my destiny woman,' Max blurted out when
he first met Lola at the Coliseum shop. Not only was she aristocratic
and wild at heart, but the two discovered an uncanny convergence of
musical tastes. Soon they were converging at every level - Lola
filling Max's emptiness and vice versa.<
