Sand castles of another sort

Reviewed by Ann Diviney
08-21-2005

TROPHY HOUSE
By Anne Bernays,
Simon & Schuster, New York, 2005; 258 pages.

"Most of the time we don't know squat about why we do the things we
do," observes Dannie Faber, narrator of Anne Bernays' unusual new
novel, "Trophy House."

This latest offering from Bernays, author of "Professor Romeo" and
"Growing Up Rich," defies type. At times, it seems like just
another beach read - long on clich=E9s, short on plot.

But just when you want to get out a red pen and start circling, you
discover Bernays is a tease. She's "clich=E9-dropping" on purpose.

Or rather, her narrator is.

Dannie, a slightly angst-ridden children's book illustrator,
splits her time ...

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