Two Caravans - Softcover

Lewycka, Marina

3.52

7,460 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141035536 ISBN 13: 9780141035536

Publisher: Penguin, 2008

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A beautiful summer's evening in a Kent field and around their two caravans a group of strawberry pickers celebrates a birthday.

But what lies behind the buy-one-get-one-free offers at your supermarket and who picks our strawberries? The Ukrainians: Irina, just off the coach from Kiev, and Andriy, the miner's son from the other Ukraine; the Poles: Tomasz and Yola; two Chinese girls; Emanuel, the round-eyed eighteen-year-old from Malawi. And although he can't pick strawberries, there's also the Dog . . .

Hilarious, gritty, moving and slapstick, Two Caravans has all the ingredients that made A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian so successful.

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Review:

Her last book was entertaining, but this one is better...Very buoyant, witty and informative (Peter Kemp The Sunday Times)

A great romp...with considerable heart and winsomeness (Literary Review)

Another black comedy masterpiece...an extraordinary, surprisingly funny tale (Easy Living)

Another winner from the author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (Woman and Home)

Marina Lewycka has pulled off another story with a big heart (Daily Express)

Lewycka's heartfelt and funny novel packs as big a punch as any hard-hitting political polemic (Daily Mail)

An extremely funny book (Times Literary Supplement)

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`A great romp...with considerable heart and winsomeness'
Literary Review

`Heartfelt and funny...packs as big a punch as any hard-hitting political
polemic' Daily Mail

`Immensely appealing. All but sings with zest for life ... could hardly be
more engaging, shrewd and winningly perceptive' Sunday Times

`Hilarious and horrifying, Two Caravans is funny, clever and well-observed'
Guardian

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