A modern day take on Guy de
Maupassant’s The necklace. College friends, ten years out, reunite at a
wedding of one of their own, a hotel heiress, Caroline, marrying a young man, Felix,
of German heritage. Victor has just lost
his job at a failing search engine start-up.
Nathaniel is handsome, sought after, and beginning to realize that he
really isn’t going to hit it big in Hollywood.
Kezia has given up a well-paying job in the industry to work, for a
pittance, for a trend-setting jewelry designer.
Their latest design has a flaw in the clasp that causes it to fall off –
just like in the old short story. The
three principle characters have “history,” and that is still very much a part
of their interactions. When Victor
drunkenly falls asleep in the bedroom of the groom’s mother, she shares the
secret of a hidden drawer bureau, and a drawing that could the THE necklace,
now lost by her family. This sets in
motion a romp across France. Diverting
and clever. 372 pp.
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