Four Bare Legs In a Bed
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:2nd May '91
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'Stories told in such succulent prose that you wince at their brevity... a most exceptional debut' - Evening Standard Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award.
Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. From a bed that transforms the lives of a struggling couple to a chorus of midwives telling the dramatic story of a birth, this is a playful, unique set of stories to treasure.Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's singular and opulent voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies. From a bed that transforms the lives of a struggling couple to a chorus of midwives telling the dramatic story of a birth, this is a playful, unique set of stories to treasure.
These stories of sex pack a truly original pungency... kicking off belly-laughs or melting you with an apt phrase, Simpson makes a delectable debut * Mail on Sunday *
Outstanding... You should read her * The Times *
Dazzlingly original... Simpson's black-hearted humour is something to relish * Sunday Times *
Absolutely brilliant... the only book this year that's made me sick with envy -- Julie Burchill
The most sensuous writer in the land -- Fay Weldon
She can be sparingly tragic and unsparingly funny... A unique writer -- Ruth Rendell
- Winner of Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 1991
ISBN: 9780749391621
Dimensions: 199mm x 131mm x 12mm
Weight: 141g
192 pages