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  A Far Cry from Kensington (Paperback) By (author) Muriel Spark, Introduction by Ali Smith

  

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  Short Description for A Far Cry from Kensington'The divine Spark is shining at her brightest ... Pure delight' Claire Tomalin, INDEPENDENT
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  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
  • Published: 05 November 2009
  • Format: Paperback 208 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9781844085514 ISBN 10: 1844085511
  • Sales rank: 105,695

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• When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he is a 'pisseur de copie', that he 'urinates frightful prose', little does she realise the repercussions. Holding that 'no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest' Mrs Hawkins refuses to retract her judgement, and as a consequence, loses not one, but two much-sought-after jobs in publishing. Now, years older, successful, and happily a far cry from Kensington, she looks back over the dark days that followed, in which she was embroiled in a mystery involving anonymous letters, quack remedies, blackmail and suicide.