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Synopsis
Hilarious, provoking, vivid story of food, love, menus and IslamThe English Harem is the story of Tracy Pringle who begins the book daydreaming at the checkout till of Sainsbury's. Sacked suddenly for watching an old lady shop lift she tries her luck as a waitress at a Persian restaurant. Her father thinks she's turned to prostitution and Sam, the restaurant owner is bewildered by the arrival of the unsuitably dressed Miss Pringle at his establishment. But Sam has problems of his own, reconciling his vegetarianism with his family's tradition of working in the butcher trade in Iran. The longer Tracy works the more involved she gets with Sam, his two wives and the complicated menu...McCarten shows the same flair for dialogue and a brilliant sense of place (a scene where Tracy and Sam try and use the lift in her council block is priceless). With the setting being London this has possibly more commercial potential in the UK.
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Review
"Anthony McCarten dares to speak of English multiculturalism in the satirical tongue that most native writers keep mute" -- Observer
"Anthony McCarten dares to speak of English multiculturalism in the satirical tongue that most native writers keep muteâ -- Observer
"Everyone who reads McCarten's generous, humane, funny, and moving novel will come away enriched." -- Timothy Mo
"Here's a writer with heart and an amazing boldness of invention" -- Timothy Mo
"McCarten's novel hovers between indignant satire and engaging
comedy of manners" -- Sunday Times
"McCarten's novel hovers between indignant satire and engaging comedy of manners" -- Sunday Times
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Newly revised edition, contains new ending since it was first published by Picador.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0330488554
- ISBN 13 9780330488556
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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