A Far Cry from Kensington

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ISBN-10: 0811223027
ISBN-13: 9780811223027
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date: 05/27/2014
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.10" W, 0.50" H

A Far Cry from Kensington

byMuriel Spark

Paperback

Price: $15.95

Overview

Rich and slim, the celebrated author Nancy Hawkins takes us in hand and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London, where she spends her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher (“of very good books”) and her nights dispensing advice at her small South Kensington rooming house. Everywhere Mrs. Hawkins finds evil: with aplomb, however, she confidently sets about putting things to order, to terrible effect.

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This slip of a novel includes, among other things, anonymous threats, a fraudulent book publisher, the pseudoscience of radionics, the metaphysics of evil, a love story and an endorsement of cats. But Spark's sly wit is what shimmers throughout.–Jennifer Szalai "The New York Times"
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Details

ISBN-10: 0811223027
ISBN-13: 9780811223027
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date: 05/27/2014
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.10" W, 0.50" H
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