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A Far Cry from Kensington

Muriel Spark Introduced by Ali Smith

A Far Cry from Kensington

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ISBN:
9781844085279

Virago

A Virago title

With a cover design by Lucienne Day

When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he is a ‘pisseur de copie’, that 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.

Reviews

  • ‘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
  • ‘My admiration for Spark’s contribution to world literature knows no bounds. She was peerless, sparkling, inventive and intelligent - the crème de la crème’ Ian Rankin
  • 'The divine Spark is shining at her brightest . . . Pure delight' Claire Tomalin, INDEPENDENT

Hardback

Published 01/05/2008

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