The Extra Man (Contemporary
Classics (Washington Square Press))
by Jonathan Ames
More Jonathan Ames Please!
A storyteller of refreshing inventiveness and subtlety (San Francisco
Chronicle), Jonathan Ames has won critical raves for this delightful
comedy of impeccable manners with a debauched 90s spin (Elle). Meet
Louis Ives: well-groomed, romantic, and as captivating as an F. Scott
Fitzgerald hero. Only this hero has a penchant for ladies clothes, and hes
lost his teaching post at Princetons Pretty Brook Day School after an
unfortunate incident involving a colleagues brassiere. Meet Henry
Harrison: former actor, failed but brilliant playwright, and a well-seasoned
escort for New York Citys women of means. He dances alone to Ethel
Merman records, second-acts operas, and performs his scrappy life with
the dignity befitting a self-styled man of the world. What can this ageless
Don Quixote of the Upper East Side have to offer a young gentleman such
as Louis? What, indeed. Well, the answer lies somewhere between the

needs of an irascible mentor and the education of his eager
apprentice...between cocktails on the Upper East Side and an even more
intoxicating treat along the secret fringes of Times Square...and between
friendship and longing.
Personal Review: The Extra Man (Contemporary Classics
(Washington Square Press)) by Jonathan Ames
Jonathan Ames does not write enough fiction! This is a superb book - not a
bit like "I Pass Like Night", which is much darker but is good in other ways.
His main characters are warm and likeable (and there's less self-loathing
then we're used to from Mr. Ames), the story altogether feels lighter and
jolly in a slightly deviant way.
If you like fiction with a soft bite then read this, you won't be disappointed.
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