A Far Cry from Kensington (New Directions Paperbook)

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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 publisher (“of very good books”) and her nights dispensing advice at her small South Kensington rooming house. Everywhere Mrs. Hawkins finds evil: with aplomb, however, she confidently sets about putting things to order, to terrible effect.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00B10GAVG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Directions
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 27, 2014
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 545 KB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 177 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811220149
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #140,319 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #233 in City Life Fiction (Books) #241 in Humorous Literary Fiction #899 in General Humorous Fiction