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Authors [[Bret Easton Ellis]], [[Tama Janowitz]], and [[Edmund White]] provided blurbs, and film director [[Brian Dannelly]] said of it: "It's a love story of stalkers in New York. It's great. It's the funniest book I've ever read."<ref>{{cite web|title=DVD Talk (Reviews & Columns)|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/getting_saved_a.html|publisher=|accessdate=December 8, 2007}}</ref> |
Authors [[Bret Easton Ellis]], [[Tama Janowitz]], and [[Edmund White]] provided blurbs, and film director [[Brian Dannelly]] said of it: "It's a love story of stalkers in New York. It's great. It's the funniest book I've ever read."<ref>{{cite web|title=DVD Talk (Reviews & Columns)|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/getting_saved_a.html|publisher=|accessdate=December 8, 2007}}</ref> |
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As with Filipacchi's second novel, film rights have been purchased<ref>http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Amanda-Filipacchi/aid/1599606</ref>, but the actual movie has not yet been produced. |
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| Author | Amanda Filipacchi |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 289pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-312-34032-X Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 57429819 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3556.I428 L685 2005 |
| Preceded by | Vapor |
Love Creeps (2005) is the third novel by American writer Amanda Filipacchi. It was translated into French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, and Korean. [citation needed] It tackles issues of love, desire, obsession, and addiction. [citation needed]
Authors Bret Easton Ellis, Tama Janowitz, and Edmund White provided blurbs, and film director Brian Dannelly said of it: "It's a love story of stalkers in New York. It's great. It's the funniest book I've ever read."[1]
Plot summary
Love Creeps is about a woman who has lost her desire - so she decides to emulate her stalker, and become a stalker herself.[2]
Awards
U.S.:
- Best book of prose: Love Creeps by Amanda Filipacchi (St. Martin's Press): 2006 Devil's Kitchen Reading Award (Southern Illinois University)[3]
- Love Creeps was one of The Village Voice's top 25 books of 2005.[4]
France:
- Best Foreign Novel: Love Creeps by Amanda Filipacchi (Editions Denoël): Lauriers Verts de La Forêt des Livres (2006)[5]
References
- ^ "DVD Talk (Reviews & Columns)". Retrieved December 8, 2007.
- ^ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/307579.Love_Creeps
- ^ "Poets & Writers (Grants & Awards)". Retrieved December 8, 2007.
- '^ "Love Creeps listed in The Village Voices top 25 books of the year". Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ "Prix Litteraires (Literary Prizes)". Retrieved December 8, 2007.