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The narrator of this wonderfully off-kilter novel, an elderly man, recalls his doting grandmother and his boyhood infatuation with a girl who danced on the balcony opposite his family’s apartment, in Naples.
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The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The former was a box-office bomb that is often credited alongside Cleopatra as one of the films that ended Hollywood’s infatuation with epics.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
In Lee’s first encounter with Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), the gorgeous younger man who becomes the subject of his obsessive infatuation throughout the film, no words are exchanged.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
Admittedly, some of my infatuation is due to the sleek and stylish design.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The former was a box-office bomb that is often credited alongside Cleopatra as one of the films that ended Hollywood’s infatuation with epics.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
In Lee’s first encounter with Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), the gorgeous younger man who becomes the subject of his obsessive infatuation throughout the film, no words are exchanged.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
Admittedly, some of my infatuation is due to the sleek and stylish design.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Infatuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuation. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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