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Edwin, a writer, is left alone in Australia while his wife Cecilia goes off on a conference trip. They are childless, but whilst she's away Edwin has an erotic relationship with a young woman who has mysteriously moved into the house next door, and pretty soon there is a child to be considered.
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Hilarious and bawdy.--Robert Coover
Delicious . . . a novel of pungent charm.--Angela Carter
Hilarious and bawdy. --Robert Coover
Delicious . . . a novel of pungent charm. --Angela Carter"
Hilarious and bawdy. --Robert Coover"
The work of Elizabeth Jolley is a reminder of the glorious contradictions of literature: it's a specific chronicle and a universal exploration, endlessly experimental and easy to read, heartbreaking and hilarious and wise and naive. It's like life, and reading Jolley makes one feel alive. --Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)"
Sometimes feels like a Beckett or Pinter play, and sometimes like an engrossing Agatha Christie detective tale . . . . a satire-cum-fantasy with enormous flair.
Humor suspense and exquisite characterization . . . . Jolley has us in her able grip."
A droll domestic comedy emotionally astute and, at times chilling...as much a character study as it is a thriller...Jolley withholds just enough information...to create a suspenseful finale."
Front page review: Jolley s warmest novel, her most moving, and possibly the best introduction to her fiction. . . . wonderfully engrossing. . . . The conclusion is almost unbearably tense."
Delicious . . . a novel of pungent charm.--Angela Carter
Hilarious and bawdy. --Robert Coover
Delicious . . . a novel of pungent charm. --Angela Carter"
Hilarious and bawdy. --Robert Coover"
The work of Elizabeth Jolley is a reminder of the glorious contradictions of literature: it's a specific chronicle and a universal exploration, endlessly experimental and easy to read, heartbreaking and hilarious and wise and naive. It's like life, and reading Jolley makes one feel alive. --Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)"
Sometimes feels like a Beckett or Pinter play, and sometimes like an engrossing Agatha Christie detective tale . . . . a satire-cum-fantasy with enormous flair.
Humor suspense and exquisite characterization . . . . Jolley has us in her able grip."
A droll domestic comedy emotionally astute and, at times chilling...as much a character study as it is a thriller...Jolley withholds just enough information...to create a suspenseful finale."
Front page review: Jolley s warmest novel, her most moving, and possibly the best introduction to her fiction. . . . wonderfully engrossing. . . . The conclusion is almost unbearably tense."
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0140114718
- ISBN 13 9780140114713
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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