Bachelor Girls

Wendy Wasserstein. Vintage Books USA, $13 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-679-73062-0

In 29 semi-humorous essays, Wasserstein expatiates on topics including manicures and body-hair waxing, relationships between men and women, and her love of plaid. ``Possibly amusing as stage patter or magazine filler, such trite ephemera turn deadly gathered between a book's covers,'' said PW. (June)

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