SOURCE: A review of Audrey Hepburn's Neck, in Bookpage (online publication), September 18, 1996.

[In the following positive review, Neimark states that "ultimately this charming tale of America and Japan is a tale of human tragedy and hope."]

[An] accomplished first novel out this season is Audrey Hepburn's Neck, by Alan Brown, a Fulbright scholar who lived in Tokyo for seven years. It is the story of Toshi, a delicate, polite, Japanese illustrator who is fascinated by all things American, particularly the mesmerizing white beauty of Audrey Hepburn's neck, which he saw in a movie as a young boy. Seen through Toshi's eyes, America erupts, fierce and volcanic, untidy and mysterious, like the Niagara Falls in comparison to a bonsai tree. Toshi's American girlfriend, Jane, has an albino tiger tattooed on her breast, is sex-mad and manic-depressive, writes him love-obsessed letters in red envelopes, and ultimately sets fire to his...