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FABULOUS TIME is a brilliant comedy of manners set in the English summer of 1968. The swinging sixties have largely passed Constance Reason by as she lives out her twilight years in the Sussex countryside. But her sedate life is turned upside down when her nephew, Sandy, turns up out of the blue with his boyfriend Ray. They're joined by Iseult, Sandy's unworldly cousin (who has an ill-judged crush on him) and his melodramatic Aunt Leonora - once a leading light of the West End stage. Suddenly,there's a crowd of them - and that's before Nick, a famous pop singer dripping with bohemian decadence appears on the scene. Everybody's having the time of their lives. The question is - will all of them live to tell the tale?
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`A well observed, artfully plotted and blackly comic piece of South Coast Gothic. It would make a good film, along the lines of Arsenic and Old Lace or The Ladykillers' --The Times Literary Supplement
`Deliciously funny. Christina Koning's tight plotting and neat parallels keep the narrative fizzing, while her subtle comedy is a constant delight.' --The Independent
`Compelling; she makes you avid to know the destiny of all her characters.' --The Sunday Times
`A touching, often poignant, look at hopeless love' --The Times
`Think Ab Fab meets Brideshead Revisited in this lyrical novel with family tragedy and bittersweet love as its themes. Koning evokes Little England in the Swinging 60s with such vivid wit and poignancy, you'll think you were there'
--Cosmopolitan
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`Deliciously funny. Christina Koning's tight plotting and neat parallels keep the narrative fizzing, while her subtle comedy is a constant delight.' --The Independent
`Compelling; she makes you avid to know the destiny of all her characters.' --The Sunday Times
`A touching, often poignant, look at hopeless love' --The Times
`Think Ab Fab meets Brideshead Revisited in this lyrical novel with family tragedy and bittersweet love as its themes. Koning evokes Little England in the Swinging 60s with such vivid wit and poignancy, you'll think you were there'
--Cosmopolitan
Praise for 'Fabulous Time' by Christina Koning:
‘Christina Koning’s tight plotting and neat parallels keep the narrative fizzing, while her subtle comedy is a constant delight.’ – The Independent
‘Christina Koning’s tight plotting and neat parallels keep the narrative fizzing, while her subtle comedy is a constant delight.’ – The Independent
‘A touching, often poignant, look at hopeless love’- Elizabeth Buchan
‘Think Ab Fab meets Brideshead Revisited in this lyrical novel with family tragedy and bittersweet love as its themes. Koning evokes Little England in the Swinging 60s with such vivid wit and poignancy, you’ll think you were there’ - Cosmopolitan
‘Wickedly well-observed book’ – The Big Issue
‘This is an intriguing and meticulously-detailed book’ – The List
‘Koning has a deceptively light and satirical touch and controls the unravelling of events beautifully, building to a sudden and quite dramatic climax, which will leave everyone’s lives changed forever’ – Attitude Magazine
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0670892998
- ISBN 13 9780670892990
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages288
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