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Sep 3, 1996 · ABOUT SCHMIDT is a very well-written and intriguing novel which relates the actions and observations of a deeply flawed, and ethically challenged individual. Albert Schmidt is one of the most well-defined fictional characters that I have read in a long time, and reminded me of John Updike's captivating portrait of Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom from ...
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An elegant, precise, droll novel about a lawyer's startling transformation, by the author of Wartime Lies (1991) and The Man Who Was Late (1993). A recent widower (he and his wife Mary had seemed to exemplify the old New York ideal of elegance and accomplishment), retired at the age of 60 from his law firm, Schmidt, seemingly a poster boy for the now fading world of the cultured, wealthy WASP ...
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Sep 8, 1997 · --Los Angeles Times Book Review "In what could be called a novel of bad manners, Begley again demonstrates that he can reveal the complexities of society and personality with a clear eye and graceful style. Schmidt may not live up to today's strict standards of political correctness, but he more than meets the requirements of convincing fiction."
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Jan 24, 2003 · About Schmidt becomes a road movie of culpable despair and dishonour. Jack Nicholson is great almost in spite of himself. You can see that he is keeping that great, lionised, heavy-lidded mask of ...
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Mar 25, 2016 · In 1996, a review in The New York Times called “About Schmidt,” his fourth novel, “consistently subtle and intelligent.” Jack Nicholson starred in a movie version , which came out in 2002.
Sep 22, 1996 · New York Review of Books Review by Thomas R. Edwards, October 31, 1996. The Los Angeles Times "A Well-Behaved Bigot" by Thomas Hines, September 15, 1996 . Book Jacket Synopsis. Proud, traditional, and impeccably organized, Albert Schmidt is a buttoned-down lawyer of the old school.
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