The Tortoise And The Hare
Elizabeth Jenkins author Hilary Mantel editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:7th Feb '83
Should be back in stock very soon
* This exquisite novel tells a love story with a difference. * 'One of my favourite classics' Carmen Callil
This exquisite novel tells a love story with a difference. 'One of my favourite classics' CARMEN CALLIL, VIRAGO FOUNDER
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY HILARY MANTEL
'The perfection of its tone and prose is matched by an anguished wit' AMANDA CRAIG, GUARDIAN
'Wonderfully sinister, so enchantingly written and so sad. Everyone should read it' JILLY COOPER
'A subtle and beautiful book . . . Very few authors combine her acute psychological insight with her grace and style' HILARY MANTEL, SUNDAY TIMES
Imogen, the beautiful wife of barrister Evelyn Gresham, is facing the greatest challenge of her married life. Their neighbour Blanche Silcox, competent, tweedy, middle-aged and ungainly - the very opposite of Imogen - seems to be vying for Evelyn's attention. And to Imogen's increasing disbelief, she may be succeeding - for in affairs of the heart the race is not necessarily won by the swift or the fair.
As smooth and seductive as a bowl of cream -- Hilary Mantel * Sunday Times *
The perfection of its tone and prose is matched by an anguished wit -- Amanda Craig * Guardian *
My best book of almost all time is The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins . . . wonderfully sinister, so enchantingly written and so sad. Everyone should read it -- Jilly Cooper
One of my favourite classics. Elegant and ironic, its continuing charm lies in its quirky and enigmatic love story which becomes more beguiling with each re-reading -- Carmen Callil
Deliciously subtle . . . A lost world of tweeds and twin-sets . . . a classic novel of the fifties * Daily Mail *
My best book of almost all time is THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE by Elizabeth Jenkins ... wonderfully sinister, so enchantingly written and so sad. Everyone should read it * Jilly Cooper *
As smooth and seductive as a bowl of cream * Hilary Mantel *
One of my favourite classics. Elegant and ironic, its continuing charm lies in its quirky and enigmatic love story which becomes more beguiling with each re-reading * Carmen Callil *
Deliciously subtle...A lost world of tweeds and twin-sets...a classic novel of the fifties * DAILY MAIL *
ISBN: 9781844084944
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 24mm
Weight: 240g
288 pages