Le Mariage Author:Diane Johnson From Library Journal — Like Henry James and Edith Wharton, Johnson's most recent novels (Persian Nights, Le Divorce) have explored the cultural misunderstandings between the sophisticated Old World (Iran, France) and the brash yet naive New World (America)--but without the tortuous Jamesian prose and with a contemporary satirical wit. Her latest,... more » Le Mariage, is a delightful companion, rather than a sequel, to the National Book Award-nominated Le Divorce. Set again in Paris with a few overlapping characters, the plot revolves around two couples--Tim Nolinger, an Belgian American journalist engaged to the very French Anne-Sophie, a dealer in equine collectibles; and the very beautiful American Clara, a former actress married to the reclusive film director Serge Clay. Thrown into the entertaining mix is a stolen illuminated manuscript, a murdered flea market dealer, Y2K cults, an adulterous liaison, and of course Johnson's perceptive and witty insights on love, marriage, and Anglo-French relations.« less