My Mother's Lovers - Hardcover

Hope, Christopher

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127 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080211850X ISBN 13: 9780802118509

Publisher: Grove Pr, 2007

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The story of the past five decades of the white presence in South Africa, from the beginnings of apartheid to the seminal events of the recent past, is seen through the life of aviator Kathleen Healey, whose freewheeling lifestyle and multitude of lovers take her around the world.

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Review:

'Exceptionally funny... Hope's novel, his style lively, colourful,
colloquial, is an addictive read.' -- Brian Martin, Sunday Telegraph

`Biting, outrageously inventive and peopled with memorable
characters.' -- Paul Hopkins, Irish Independent

`Extraordinary... Hope is terrific at summoning up the characters
and colours of the times... an excellent, freewheeling novel.' -- Tom Payne, Daily Telegraph

`Ferocious... a savage dissection and, perversely, a riotous
celebration of the murderous banality of daily life in South Africa.' -- Elizabeth Lowry, TLS

`Grave and tender, savage and subtle... a whistle-stop tour of the
European encounter with 20th-century sub-saharan Africa... remarkable.' -- Giles Foden, Guardian

`Powerful, disturbing, scintillating... Hope is one of the dozen
best novelists in this country today... Extraordinary.' -- Francis King, Literary Review

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'Hope writes with extraordinary exuberance and invention. His narrative is like one of the great rivers of Africa, carrying everything before it, and dazzling the eyes with its glitter... This powerful, disturbing, scintillating novel confirms me in my view that Hope is one of the dozen best novelists in this country today.' Francis King, Literary Review

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