The Klone and I – Danielle Steel
General Information
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Title: The Klone and I
Author: Danielle Steel
Read By: Babo Harrison
Copyright: 1998
Genre: Romance
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Book Description
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Stephanie had a rat for a husband. But after thirteen years of marriage
and two kids, she was devastated when he left her for a younger woman.
Suddenly Stephanie was alone. And after months of trying to find a
little romance on New York’s wild single circuit, she was ready to give
up, reconciled to just raising her two great, butt outspoken, kids.
Then a spur-of-the-moment trip to Paris changed everything.
She met him on the Left Bank. Peter Baker was a marvelously handsome
high-tech entrepreneur also visiting the city. Stephanie was certain
it couldn’t possibly work. Peter was just too perfect. But much to
her amazement, he contacted her when they returned to New York. And
at the Long Island rental cottage she shared with her kids, Stephanie
embarked on a bizarre and hilarious adventure beyond her wildest dreams.-
Shy, serious Peter, chairman of a bionic enterprise, was supposed to
be away on business. Instead, he’s standing at her door, wearing Day-Glo
satin and rhinestones. Naturally, Stephanie thinks it’s a joke–until
the truth suddenly dawns: this isn’t Peter playing a role. This is
his double! Calling himself Paul Klone, this wild, uninhibited creature
isn’t even remotely like Peter except for his identically sexy good
looks. This uproarious novel explores the outrageous love triangle
that develops between Stephanie, Peter…and The Klone.
Amazon.com Review
Evidently, Danielle Steel has been kidnapped by a mad scientist who
clamped her into some gizmo that fused her brain with that of Douglas
Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. While Steel’s
umpteenth novel, The Klone and I: A High-Tech Love Story, boasts her
typical trappings–a divorced heroine, a cruel man, a sexy man with
big money, and lots of shopping with brand-name tags conspicuously attached–th-
e book is also the wackiest bit of self-indulgent sci-fi since Douglas
Adams’s Starship Titanic.
The Klone and I starts out normally enough: after a 13-year marriage,
Stephanie, 41, gets dumped for a busty young bimbo. "She was gorgeous.
And I felt nauseous," Stephanie reflects–though she admits that things
hadn’t been going well, what with hubby living off her trust fund and
their having sex every six months or so. Realistically, their farewell
hug goes like this: "My nose ran on his tie, while ever so cautiously
he held me, kind of like a bank robber with sticks of dynamite taped
all over his body."
Then, one day, on an impulsive trip to the Left Bank of Paris, Steph
steps into one of those cool old French elevators with Peter, a hunk
in a button-down Oxford shirt and tasteful khakis. Romance! Ritzy places!
In fact, he takes her to the Ritz! Alas, Peter must Louvre her and leave
her for a business trip out West.
So Peter sends Paul to keep her company. Paul is a dead ringer for Peter,
because he’s a kind of clone created by Peter and his clever biotech
company. He’s called a "klone" to distinguish him from a conventional
clone, which is a mere replica of its original–this "klone" may be
a physical copy of Peter, but inside he’s had a major id upgrade. As
always with Steel, the clue is in the character’s clothes: from his
high-heel gator boots to his zippered zebra jumpsuit, the decidedly
non-buttoned-down Paul dresses like a psychedelic kaleidoscope. But
when Paul drops that leopard-satin G-string, watch out! It’s quadruple
flips in flagrante delicto, with our heroine (and, the next morning,
her chiropractor) coming out on top. Though Paul deplorably guzzles
Chateau d’Yquem by the case and crashes Peter’s Jaguar into snow banks,
he’s actually even more brilliantly empathic with Stephanie’s kids than
stuffy Peter is.
What’s a mother to do? Is Steph robbing Peter to play with Paul? How
will the mΘnage α trois affect marriage plans? Does Steel know that
her comic tone (though not her subject) actually slightly echoes that
of Betty MacDonald’s classic comedy memoir The Egg and I, whose title
she alludes to? Is the author a convert from fiction to sci-fi, like
Doris Lessing? Will the real Ms. Steel ever reappear, or has her mind
been psychedelicized? –Tim Appelo
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