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"Money is safety, darling," the delightfully wicked funeral crasher Fleur Daxeny advises her 13-year-old daughter after an almost perfect execution of her best skill: swindling wealthy widowers. In this modern-day novel of manners, Wickham's lively prose needles the British upper class with a mixture of suspense and wit. Armed with a closet full of designer black suits, the daily obituaries and a face that never betrays her 40 years, Fleur invades the funerals of the wealthy, enchantingly rich, grieving new widowers in need of a shoulder to cry on. She attends the memorial service of Emily Favour, whom she pretends was a long-lost acquaintance, and promptly lures the good-hearted Richard Favour into her web. Although his troubled daughter, Phillipa, and her crafty husband, Lambert, suspect serious gold digging, Fleur's beauty and charm dazzle them, and soon she's invited to live at the family estate in Surrey. What Fleur finds there is a gate-crasher's dream--a welcoming family, an accessible Gold Card and, after some snooping, a bank account worth millions. Even when Fleur's daughter, Zara, whom Fleur has neglected to mention, arrives unexpectedly from boarding school, the Favours make no fuss, welcoming the teen into the fold. As Fleur and Zara become comfortable with country club life, Fleur learns that she's not the only one scheming for Richard's money, and that Richard might not be as gullible as she thinks. But with Zara finally enjoying the stability of a real home, can Fleur leave so easily this time? Wickham (Swimming Pool Sunday) creates memorable characters who are as unpredictable and multifaceted as they are stylish. While the quick wrapup misses a cue, this novel is still jolly fun. (May)

Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Fleur Daxeny is beautiful and sophisticated, with an appetite for comfort beyond her means. She also has a fine wardrobe of black designer dresses that she wears to the funerals of wealthy London women in hope of snaring their grieving husbands. Once captivated by her good looks and charm, these men provide her with money, a home, and an extravagant lifestyle for however long it takes her to stash a bit of cash and move on to the next. Such is the fate of Richard Favour. The ease with which Fleur moves into his life dazzles him. His late wife had been really rather dull, and everyone in his family seems to find Fleur most refreshing. But just as Richard proposes marriage, the unscrupulous Fleur gets bored and begins reading obituaries again. This is an often witty and deeply biting novel of modern manners and morals. Wickham's (Tennis Party) characters move with the studied grace of Jane Austen's upper class, and her plot is perfect for a made-for-TV movie. Readers will be both touched and entertained. Recommended for all public libraries.DSusan Clifford Braun, Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Have a good time reading it., Juil 25 2008
Ce commentaire est de: Gatecrasher: A Novel (Hardcover)
I am not a big fan of chic-lit, for a change I look for lighter read.
this book's idea interested me so I gave it a try.
I couldn't put it down, it is pretty fun to read and don't have to worry too much thinking.
It's funny, it's human, and I can see this become a movie. One thing disappointed me was
the ending. It just suddenly cut off? The way everything lay out, I was waiting for a twist or
a more detail ending but it was end and make you sort of guess what is really going to happen in the long term.
But overall, it is really worth it. I like it. I have read many other chic-lit books also but often couldn't finish
because it was too shallow but this author is one of the the top in this kind that make the story very interesting and keep you reading till the end. Good writing and it is indeed a good read for me.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 complex, no clear-cut villain or good-guys, Fév 24 2003
Par Saima Huq "sh" (Astoria, NY USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Ce commentaire est de: The Gatecrasher (Mass Market Paperback)
A glamorous fortysomething woman with the improbable name of Fleur Daxeny is a gatecrasher -- she attends the funerals and memorial services in search of potentially wealthy widowers, claiming to be a friend of the late wife. She then makes the man fall in love with her and takes just enough money so he is humiliated but can recoup his loss without charging her as a criminal. By that time, she's long gone.

Fleur meets Richard Favour this way, but she actually starts to fall in love. Richard, in turn, starts to love Fleur as does his entire extended family. In light of Fleur and her teenaged daughter Zara (who is upset with her mother's con-artist ways), the family starts to let Richard know that Emily, his late wife, was never really all that perfect.

The storyline I liked most was that of Philippa, Richard's adult daughter, and her mercenary nasty husband, Lambert. It turns out Emily had a hand in her daughter's low self-esteem and subsequent acceptance of Lambert's proposal years ago.

There are no real good guys or villains in this, and you are left a bit dissatisfied at all the loose ends, but it is still a compelling tale.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Wonderful Wickham Read, Janv. 31 2003
Par Katie F. "kayters" (Marietta, GA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
Ce commentaire est de: The Gatecrasher (Mass Market Paperback)
Fleur Daxeny is a funeral crasher - she's a con artist who preys on recent wealthy widowers and makes off with some of their money. Her most recent victim is Richard Favour whose wife Emily has just died. However, what she doesn't count on is that Richard and his family may change her just as much as she changes them.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and the just over 300 pages seemed to turn themselves. While I felt that Fleur's past was perhaps a little glossed over and could have been brought out more and that there was some foreshadowing that's denouement fell a bit flat, I felt that overall this was a great read. I will definitely be reading more of Ms. Wickham's work!

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Entertaining With Impressionable Characters
I have just finished reading THE GATECRASHER at three o'clock this morning and I found it to be ever so entertaining with characters that made the book appealing for me. Lisez davantage
Publié le Mars 16 2002 par Heather Marshall Negahdar

5.0étoiles sur 5 You will enjoy this one!
If you are a fan of English writers, you will enjoy this one! The story keeps you interested -- even though the main character is a crook, somehow she carries it off in the story... Lisez davantage
Publié le Janv. 14 2002 par sohotampachick

4.0étoiles sur 5 Interesting Tale - easy read, but makes you think
What's remarkable about The Gatecrasher is that the "heroine" is anything but. In fact, even at the end of the story I didn't like her much. Lisez davantage
Publié le Avril 19 2001

4.0étoiles sur 5 Stylish and smart, if a wee bit predictable
"The Gatecrasher" is an upper-class, refined, oh-so-British version of the con artist who falls in love with her prey. Lisez davantage
Publié le Juil 31 2000 par Carol S.

4.0étoiles sur 5 Sort of like AbFab but with less comedy
Social climbing and the lengths people will go to in order to make a better life for themselves can be fascinating. Lisez davantage
Publié le Avril 27 2000 par pontmarie

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