A Far Cry From Kensington
by Spark, Muriel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Constable, 1988. First edition. Hardcover, 189 pp. Brown cloth binding and pictorial dust jacket in near fine condition. Jacket design by Pat Doyle. A Far Cry From Kensington is a favourite recommendation of ours to the Spark-curious. A digestible, funny, and well-observed novel in which Mrs Hawkins, a war widow, looks back at her London of the 1950s with a reminiscent and sharp eye - with some closely observed snark about the publishing scene and literary set.
Synopsis
A Far Cry From Kensington is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark published in 1988. It is narrated by Agnes Hawkins; a young war-widow lodging in a rooming house in South Kensington and working as an editor at a struggling publishing house. The story centres on Wanda, a highly strung Polish dressmaker who is on the receiving end of various threatening letters and on Hector Bartlett who appears to be stalking Agnes and through whom she loses her job.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Second Shelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7427
- Title
- A Far Cry From Kensington
- Author
- Spark, Muriel
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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