Barbara Trapido couldn’t write a boring sentence if she tried

- FAY WELDON,

Ravishing

SUNDAY TIMES

A brilliant book

- MARY WESLEY, DAILY MAIL

Se alle

She wraps up all the golden threads with dazzling wit ... Think Measure for Measure here and a touch of The Tempest there ... Trapido's pen drips with sensuousness and sexuality

THE TIMES

She is simply dynamite … There are no apparent bounds to Trapido’s skill, her inventiveness and her knowledge of the endlessly surprising and devious ways in which people deal with each other

- PHILIP HENSHER, GUARDIAN

Juggling by Barbara Trapido is, I think, already well known but it should be even more so. It has the best piece of Shakespeare criticism in it I’ve ever read

- KATHERINE RUNDELL, GUARDIAN

A joy to read … Supremely skilful

OBSERVER

A work of enormous charm, highly entertaining and told with a deft touch, which handles serious matters lightly and treats light ones with proper respect

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

A brilliant performance; it is also a magically enjoyable book to read … she understand her characters and cares about them and makes you care too

SPECTATOR

She weaves a cat’s cradle of wit and erudition around her high-stepping characters, take breath-taking risks and triumphs against all the odds

INDEPENDENT

A brilliant performance … A magically enjoyable book

SPECTATOR

‘A brilliant book’ - Mary Wesley, Daily Mail ‘She is simply dynamite … There are no apparent bounds to Trapido’s skill, her inventiveness and her knowledge’ - Philip Hensher, Guardian Sparky Christina and her saintly adopted sister Pam couldn't be more different. And when they meet similarly mismatched friends Jago and Peter, the four embark on a dazzling series of pairings and partings, outrageous coincidences and eleventh-hour entrances interrupted one disastrous Halloween when schoolboy revelry turns horribly wrong. Three years on, as Christina has made it to Oxford to study English. While she analyses the wit, cruelty and crossed genders of Shakespearean comedy, the cast of her own life reunites and the curtain falls on some gloriously unexpected partnerships. ‘Juggling by Barbara Trapido is, I think, already well known but it should be even more so. It has the best piece of Shakespeare criticism in it I’ve ever read’ - Katherine Rundell, Guardian ‘A joy to read … Supremely skilful’ - Observer ‘She weaves a cat’s cradle of wit and erudition around her high-stepping characters, take breath-taking risks and triumphs against all the odds’ - Independent
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The highly acclaimed novel and sequel to Temples of Delight by bestselling and much-loved novelist Barbara Trapido
A glorious coming-of-age comedy of manners about the sisters, brothers, and adopted family; the third in the the beloved Oxford series by literary treasure Barbara Trapido
A joyful comedy of manners from the queen of feel-good classics, Barbara Trapido

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780747594703
Publisert
2009-07-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Vekt
256 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

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Om bidragsyterne

Barbara Trapido is the author of seven novels, including five in the acclaimed and beloved Oxford series. She lives in Oxford.