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Good Behaviour A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick – Booker Prize Gems

Keane Molly
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781844083244
Publisert
2005-12-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Virago Press Ltd
Vekt
236 gr
Høyde
192 mm
Bredde
124 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

Forfatter
Keane Molly
Introduksjon ved
Keyes Marian

Om bidragsyterne

Born in Ireland in 1904 into a 'rather serious Hunting and Fishing Church-going family' who gave her little education at the hands of governesses, Molly's interests were 'hunting & horses & having a good time'; she began writing only to supplement her dress allowance. She died in 1996.

Good Behaviour A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick – Booker Prize Gems

Keane Molly
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk
Keane Molly
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk
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I really wish I had written this book. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the First World War. A real work of craftsmanship, where the heroine is also the narrator, yet has no idea what is going on. You read it with mounting horror and hilarity as you begin to grasp her delusion

Hilary Mantel

I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian, and dissector of human behaviour. I love all her books, but <i>Good Behaviour </i>and <i>Loving and Giving</i> are the ones I return to most

Maggie O'Farrell

An extraordinary tour de force of fictional presentation... a masterpiece... a technically remarkable work, as sharp as a blade... Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy.

VOGUE

Se alle

A witty, black comedy of manners, GOOD BEHAVIOUR is a memorable novel by an Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen.

BOOKSELLER

A fine novel, wickedly alive

Victoria Glendinning, SUNDAY TIMES

Enchanting

Edna O'Brien, OBSERVER

A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK (BOOKER PRIZE GEMS)'Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy' Vogue 'I really wish I had written this book. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the First World War. A real work of craftsmanship' Hilary Mantel I do know how to behave - believe me, because I know. I have always known . . .Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace. To Aroon St Charles, large and unlovely daughter of the house, the fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem locked out by the ritual patterns of good behaviour. But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the members of the St Charles family from their own unruly and inadmissible desires. This elegant and allusive novel established Molly Keane as the natural successor to Jean Rhys.'I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian and dissector of human behaviour. I love all her books, but Good Behaviour and Loving and Giving are the ones I return to most' Maggie O'Farrell
Les mer
*A brilliant comic novel about Anglo-Ireland that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.*'A mistress of wicked comedy' MALCOLM BRADBURY, VOGUE
I really wish I had written this book. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the First World War. A real work of craftsmanship, where the heroine is also the narrator, yet has no idea what is going on. You read it with mounting horror and hilarity as you begin to grasp her delusion
Les mer
'An extraordinary tour de force of fictional presentation a masterpiece a technically remarkable work, as sharp as a blade Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy.' VOGUE'A witty, black comedy of manners, GOOD BEHAVIOUR is a memorable novel by an Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen.' BOOKSELLER'A fine novel, wickedly alive' Victoria Glendinning, SUNDAY TIMES'Enchanting' Edna O'Brien, OBSERVER'May well become a classic among English Novels' NEW YORK TIMES'The very best of Anglo - Irish writing ' - Clare Boylan'This self-possessed, crisply detailed and alertly funny novel is a wonder. Silent for decades, Keane has abruptly produced a masterpiece.' NEWSWEEK'Miss Keane writes easily, with wit and charm. She treats her characters with both sensitivity and humour, and there is much to make you smile. It is a gentle book but showing a few sharp edges, and always displaying an unpretentious love of writing.' LIVERPOOL DAILY POST
Les mer
*A brilliant comic novel about Anglo-Ireland that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. *'A mistress of wicked comedy' MALCOLM BRADBURY, VOGUE

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I really wish I had written this book. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the First World War. A real work of craftsmanship, where the heroine is also the narrator, yet has no idea what is going on. You read it with mounting horror and hilarity as you begin to grasp her delusion

Hilary Mantel

I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian, and dissector of human behaviour. I love all her books, but <i>Good Behaviour </i>and <i>Loving and Giving</i> are the ones I return to most

Maggie O'Farrell

An extraordinary tour de force of fictional presentation... a masterpiece... a technically remarkable work, as sharp as a blade... Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy.

VOGUE

Se alle

A witty, black comedy of manners, GOOD BEHAVIOUR is a memorable novel by an Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen.

BOOKSELLER

A fine novel, wickedly alive

Victoria Glendinning, SUNDAY TIMES

Enchanting

Edna O'Brien, OBSERVER

A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK (BOOKER PRIZE GEMS)'Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy' Vogue 'I really wish I had written this book. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the First World War. A real work of craftsmanship' Hilary Mantel I do know how to behave - believe me, because I know. I have always known . . .Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace. To Aroon St Charles, large and unlovely daughter of the house, the fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem locked out by the ritual patterns of good behaviour. But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the members of the St Charles family from their own unruly and inadmissible desires. This elegant and allusive novel established Molly Keane as the natural successor to Jean Rhys.'I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian and dissector of human behaviour. I love all her books, but Good Behaviour and Loving and Giving are the ones I return to most' Maggie O'Farrell
Les mer
*A brilliant comic novel about Anglo-Ireland that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.*'A mistress of wicked comedy' MALCOLM BRADBURY, VOGUE
I really wish I had written this book. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the First World War. A real work of craftsmanship, where the heroine is also the narrator, yet has no idea what is going on. You read it with mounting horror and hilarity as you begin to grasp her delusion
Les mer
'An extraordinary tour de force of fictional presentation a masterpiece a technically remarkable work, as sharp as a blade Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy.' VOGUE'A witty, black comedy of manners, GOOD BEHAVIOUR is a memorable novel by an Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen.' BOOKSELLER'A fine novel, wickedly alive' Victoria Glendinning, SUNDAY TIMES'Enchanting' Edna O'Brien, OBSERVER'May well become a classic among English Novels' NEW YORK TIMES'The very best of Anglo - Irish writing ' - Clare Boylan'This self-possessed, crisply detailed and alertly funny novel is a wonder. Silent for decades, Keane has abruptly produced a masterpiece.' NEWSWEEK'Miss Keane writes easily, with wit and charm. She treats her characters with both sensitivity and humour, and there is much to make you smile. It is a gentle book but showing a few sharp edges, and always displaying an unpretentious love of writing.' LIVERPOOL DAILY POST
Les mer
*A brilliant comic novel about Anglo-Ireland that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. *'A mistress of wicked comedy' MALCOLM BRADBURY, VOGUE

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781844083244
Publisert
2005-12-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Virago Press Ltd
Vekt
236 gr
Høyde
192 mm
Bredde
124 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

Forfatter
Keane Molly
Introduksjon ved
Keyes Marian

Om bidragsyterne

Born in Ireland in 1904 into a 'rather serious Hunting and Fishing Church-going family' who gave her little education at the hands of governesses, Molly's interests were 'hunting & horses & having a good time'; she began writing only to supplement her dress allowance. She died in 1996.

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