The Hearts and Lives of Men - Softcover

Weldon, Fay

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543 ratings by Goodreads

9780440203223: The Hearts and Lives of Men

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440203228 ISBN 13: 9780440203223

Publisher: Dell, 1989

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An An adventure story in which, you will be glad to hear, love finally triumphs over lust, good will over satanic forces, and sheer kindness over piercing malevolence. The pace never falters; the language glitters. The wit is as ever razor sharp. Yet laughter, tears and a lump in the throat are never far away.

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‘Buy it you must’
Company

‘Weldon, like Dickens, can have her readers perched on the edge of their chairs with excitement by the end of the first page and hold them there in a state of riveted curiosity until the last words. The Sixties background is impeccable and deftly evoked, the style is sharp and the jokes are acidly funny’
Evening Standard

‘The carnival of subsidiary characters is an entertaining as in any of Dickens’s novels’
Spectator

‘A comedy high-wire act. There is huge skill and discipline beneath the baggy trousers and red nose of a Gran Guignol adventure story. The novel is funny, moves at great pace, and is richly entertaining’
The Times

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“Weldon, like Dickens, can have her readers perched on the edge of their chairs with excitement by the end of the first page and hold them there in a state of riveted curiosity until the last words. The Sixties background is impeccable and deftly evoked, the style is sharp and the jokes are acidly funny.”
EVENING STANDARD

“The carnival of subsidiary characters is as entertaining as in any of Dickens’ novels.”
SPECTATOR

“Weldon at her best ... complete with comic cuts, savage morality and deep, unrivalled reader satisfaction. Buy it you must.”
COMPANY

“A comedy high-wire act. There is huge skill and discipline beneath the baggy trousers and red nose of a 'Grand Guignol' adventure story. The novel is funny, moves at great pace, and is richly entertaining.”
THE TIMES

“Wise, witty and wickedly wonderful.”
GAY TIMES

“Weldon has talent to burn. A joy, a capricious, effervescent fairytale.”
NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS

“Weldon at her brilliant, unputdownable best.”
SLIMMING

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