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Well, ''A Far Cry From Kensington,'' her 18th novel, is the perfect vehicle for her to win over Philistines like me. At the risk of being drummed out of the Book Reviewers Union, I feel the best way to convey the pleasure this novel gives is to compare it to a wonderful old Alec Guinness movie, something along the lines of ''The Lavender Hill Mob.''
A far cry from Kensington by Spark, Muriel. Publication date 2009 Topics Widows -- Fiction, Publishers and publishing -- Fiction, Publishers and publishing, Widows
27 mag 2014 · Books. A Far Cry from Kensington. Muriel Spark. New Directions Publishing, May 27, 2014 - Fiction - 192 pages. The fraying fringes of 1950s literary London. 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 ...
9 mag 2013 · A Far Cry From Kensington (Virago Modern Classics Book 27) - Kindle edition by Spark, Muriel, Smith, Ali. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Far Cry From Kensington (Virago Modern Classics Book 27).
- Muriel Spark
27 mag 2014 · 作者简介 · · · · · ·. Muriel Spark (1918–2006) was the author of dozens of novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Memento Mori, A Far Cry from Kensington, The Girls of Slender Means, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, The Driver’s Seat, and many more. She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.
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.
- Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark. New Directions, Sep 17, 2000 - Fiction - 189 pages. Set on the crazier fringes of 1950s literary London, A Far Cry from Kensington is a delight, hilariously portraying love, fraud, death, evil, and transformation. Mrs. Hawkins, the majestic narrator of A Far Cry from Kensington, takes us well in hand, and leads us back to her ...
