A Far Cry From Kensington
Muriel Spark author Ali Smith editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:5th Nov '09
Should be back in stock very soon
The divine Spark is shining at her brightest ... Pure delight' Claire Tomalin, INDEPENDENT
The divine Spark is shining at her brightest . . . Pure delight' Claire Tomalin, INDEPENDENT
'Mercurially funny, playful and mischievous' Ali Smith
'I was in heaven reading this book. I think she writes like an angel . . . just blissful' Stephen Fry
A novel of 'pure delight' (Claire Tomalin) by the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he 'urinates frightful prose', little does she realise the repercussions. Holding that 'no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest' Mrs Hawkins refuses to retract her judgement, and as a consequence, loses not one, but two much-sought-after jobs in publishing. Now, years older, successful, and happily a far cry from Kensington, she looks back over the dark days that followed, in which she was embroiled in a mystery involving anonymous letters, quack remedies, blackmail and suicide.
With an introduction by Ali Smith.
'Wonderfully entertaining.' Sunday Telegraph
'An outstanding novel ... A Far Cry From Kensington has an effortless, translucent grasp of the spirit of the period.' Observer
The divine Spark is shining at her brightest . . . Pure delight * Claire Tomalin, INDEPENDENT *
An outstanding novel . . . A FAR CRY FROM KENSINGTON has an effortless, translucent grasp of the spirit of the period * OBSERVER *
'Wonderfully entertaining - full of absurd, comical, engaging characters and written with typical wit, elegance and aplomb * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
One of Muriel Spark's most liberating, liberated and meditative novels. Spark is a writer who can take the meditative and make it mercurially funny, playful and mischievous * Ali Smith *
ISBN: 9781844085514
Dimensions: 129mm x 198mm x 13mm
Weight: 169g
208 pages