Faking It

De: Jennifer Crusie

Narrado por: Aasne Vigesaa

Reformed art forger Tilda Goodnight reluctantly joins forces with semi-reformed con man Davy Dempsey. They want to steal a dubious painting and several million embezzled dollars from a lethal widow named Clea, who has targeted a mild-mannered art collector as her next dearly departed. Complications include her sister, the female impersonator; his best friend, the reformed cat burglar; a recidivist embezzler named Rabbit; a hit man; some lousy sex; and a juke box. Trouble ensues....©2004 Jennifer Crusie (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Crusie has a gift for concocting nutty scenarios and witty one-liners." ( People)
"Cruise's fifth novel is an entertaining, fast-paced romp with a pleasing love story at its heart." ( Booklist)
"Aasne Vigesaa....spices up the story with a brashness that works for this novel filled with odd characters and amusing plots." ( AudioFile)

A favorite book almost ruined by audio

I love the book but the audio version almost ruined it for me. One of Jennifer Crusie’s best. It feels a little sexist in the post Me Too era, but most things do. The verbal interplay between the characters is the highlight of the book, heavily influenced by many beloved comic films.

This Was Fun

I read this after Welcome to Temptation, because I really enjoyed that book and knew this had some of the same characters. It was a real surprise to find I liked this even better. I thought that the narrator was a great fit, her voice was just irreverent, sarcastic and casual enough. It added just the right touch. The conversations between the two main characters reminded me of Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday. The one-liners flew fast and furious. Every single character in this book was well developed and warranted at least a novella for themselves.

The plot was thin, but that was fine, because the characters and the dialog were what mattered.

I've listened to most of Jennifer Crusie's books in the last two years. None of them are terrible, most are good, but she can be inconsistent. Listening to her dialog is sometimes difficult because most sentences end with "he said" and "she said". Enough that sometimes that is all you hear. But it wasn't a problem at all on this book. The narration was spot on.

If you want to read something light and funny with dialog so sharp I had to go back to the 1930's to match it, I recommend this book heartily.

What a delight loved every minute of it

loved the zany characters, the movie and song quotes, the closet scenes especially the last one. if you like funny this is the book for you. I laughed out loud all the way through.

Easy listen - good distraction

Enjoyable, doesn't make you work too hard. Sometimes you just need something light to distract from everyday life and this works well.

one of my favorites

This is one of my all time favorite Jenny books. I listen to it over and over again. It never gets old