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Glady's Sperber remains home as one by one her younger brothers and sisters marry and move out, but finally, at sixty, she decides to marry
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Wickedly funny, mistress of a bizarre, black, adult humour. (FINANCIAL TIMES)
Her comedy is the pure melancholy of the classic clown... the final portrait of Gladys is worthy of Goya. (OBSERVER)
This is Jewish writing at its best... Coloured as it is with a rich humour, at once unsentimental and compassionate. (TLS)
For sparkle... go Bernice Rubens. (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
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Her comedy is the pure melancholy of the classic clown... the final portrait of Gladys is worthy of Goya. (OBSERVER)
This is Jewish writing at its best... Coloured as it is with a rich humour, at once unsentimental and compassionate. (TLS)
For sparkle... go Bernice Rubens. (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
Bernice Rubens was born in Wales & later read English at the University of Wales. In 1970 she won the Booker Prize for THE ELECTED MEMBER. A FIVE YEAR SENTENCE was also nominated for the award. 2 books have been filmed, I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE and MADAME SOUSATZKA, & MR WAKEFIELD'S CRUSADE was made into a TV series.
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- PublisherHamish Hamilton
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 024112123X
- ISBN 13 9780241121238
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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