'Praise the Lord and pass the orchids - a real writer is among us, with a beautiful first novel' Julie Burchill
A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards - including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in London and is a part-time lecturer in creative writing at Warwick University.
'This beautiful novel is the story of Margaret and the two men in
her life: her father, who brought her up, and Colin, her lover...A
tender, moving story, punctuated by flashes of comedy and one
climactic moment of appalling violence' Literary Review
'A writer rich in the humanity and warmth that seems at a premium
in these bleak times' Salman Rushdie
'An austere and intense talent... A. L. Kennedy turns pointlessness
into significance' Sunday Telegraph
'A novel of undeniable warmth and charm' Jonathan Coe, Guardian
'An immensely powerful writer is at work' Daily Telegraph
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