FICTION; So many Karens, so little time; The middle-aged narrator of the "Eleven Karens" stories recalls life, love and laughter.(ENTERTAINMENT)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | December 22, 2002| | Copyright

Byline: Curt Schleier

Special to the Star Tribune

Writing funny is difficult. Writing funny and conveying an underlying seriousness is a gift. Peter Lefcourt has the gift, and he has shown it time and again in books ("The Dreyfus Affair" and "Di & I") and in TV scripts. (He was the creative force behind the cable cult favorite "Beggars and Choosers.")

Lefcourt's latest book, "Eleven Karens," is his most affecting and mature work - not a novel, as the cover suggests, but a series of cleverly linked short stories. The premise: For some unexplainable ...

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