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Writing in The New York Times, Robert Plunkett declared that A Far Cry from Kensington was Muriel Spark's "most delightful novel in years", writing "the best way to convey the pleasure this novel gives is to compare it to a wonderful old Alec Guinness movie, something along the lines of The Lavender Hill Mob. True, it follows the rules of art right down the line and illuminates the human ...
- Muriel Spark
- 1988
Jan 1, 2001 · 6,337 ratings789 reviews. Set on the crazier fringes of 1950s literary London, A Far Cry from Kensington is a delight, hilariously portraying love, fraud, death, evil, and transformation. Mrs. Hawkins, the majestic narrator, takes us well in hand and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London. There, as a fat and much admired young ...
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- Muriel Spark
Apr 18, 2012 · A FAR CRY FROM KENSINGTON has an effortless, transluscent grasp of the spirit of the period― OBSERVER 'Wonderfully entertaining - full of absurd, comical, engaging characters and written with typical wit, elegance and aplomb― SUNDAY TELEGRAPH One of Muriel Spark's most liberating, liberated and meditative novels.
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- Muriel Spark
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Sep 1, 2000 · A Far Cry from Kensington. Paperback – September 1, 2000. Set on the crazier fringes of 1950s literary London, A Far Cry from Kensington is a delight, hilariously portraying love, fraud, death, evil, and transformation. Mrs. Hawkins, the majestic narrator of A Far Cry from Kensington, takes us well in hand, and leads us back to her threadbare ...
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- Muriel Spark
- Muriel Spark
- 1988
Sep 11, 2020 · A far cry from Kensington by Spark, Muriel, 1918-Publication date 1989 Topics Fiction in English 1945- Texts Publisher Harmondsworth : Penguin Collection
Books. A Far Cry from Kensington. Muriel Spark. New Directions Publishing, May 27, 2014 - Fiction - 192 pages. The fraying fringes of 1950s literary London. Rich and slim, the celebrated author Nancy Hawkins takes us in hand and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London, where she spends her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt ...
Summary. Mrs Hawkins, a fat young war widow worked for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher in 1950s London. Looking back on shady literary doings and a deadly enemy, anonymous letters, blackmail and suicide, the thin and successful Mrs Hawkins recalls how she came through it all. Details. Share.
