A review by bkread2
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis

5.0

On a scale of 1 to 10, this book is a solid 12!!! Strangley enough after reading this book I want to go through ALL my other ratings and lower them by one! I discovered this book while strolling through the shelves at the library looking for my book club book by Dickens. I was scanning the shelves with my eyes looking for a name of the author to guesstimate where to stop and the spine of the second in the series (Around the World with Auntie Mame) jumped out at me. So I grabbed it read the cover front & back thought it sounded good. So I ended up getting the sequel and this one for giggles and grin! Eventhough it was published in the 50s it was so hard for me to realise that fact. It reminded me of all these current chic-lit books out there that their style of writing and storytelling are what people are calling fresh and invigorating. Well, this is classical chick-lit style, yet by a man. I would still classify it as a chick-lit or beach/vacation read due to the main subject matter is his Auntie Mame and her raising ofhim and all her episodes. This book had me in complete stiches with its wit and charm. I will definitely be reading more by him. I just wish he wasn't dead. I had no idea that several plays and movies were based on his books, including this one! I will definitely have to find those movies to watch now!!