''One Fifth Avenue'' is a 2008 novel by

Candace Bushnell Candace Bushnell (born December 1, 1958) is an American author, journalist, and television producer. She wrote a column for ''The New York Observer'' (1994–96) that was adapted into the bestselling ''Sex and the City (book), Sex and the City'' ...

about the residents of the prestigious building. Its characters include a middle aged screenwriter, a novelist with a bad marriage, and a hedge fund manager's wife. "With a breezy pace that brings to mind a Gilded Age comedy of manners, the novel might not have anything new to say about New York society, but there are enough twists to keep it fun," wrote an anonymous critic in ''

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''. Reviewing the book in ''

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wrote, "There are pleasures to be found here," highlighted by "sexual tension and the striving for success." But he concluded, "What's missing is the kind of stylistic flourish or flight of imagination that would make the proceedings memorable. Bushnell's prose here is rarely ever more than workmanlike, and I'm hard-pressed to recall any passage that bears repeating."

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2008 American novels Novels about writers Novels by Candace Bushnell Novels set in New York (state) {{2000s-novel-stub