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Hideous Kinky
Esther Freud
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Description for Hideous Kinky
Paperback. Two little girls are taken by their mother to Morocco on a 1960s pilgrimage of self-discovery. For Mum, it is not just an escape from the grinding conventions of English life but a quest for personal fulfilment; her children, however, seek something more solid and stable amidst the shifting desert sands. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
The thirtieth anniversary edition of a twentieth century classic - an unforgettable journey through 1960s Morocco, based on the author's own childhood
For fans of Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals, Laurie Lee's Cider With Rosie and Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love
Quirky, charming and suffused the footloose spirit of the sixties, this is the irresistible story of an English woman who decides on a whim to move herself and her two young daughters to Morocco. The ensuing adventure takes them through richly perfumed markets, dilapidated hotels and mystical Sufi retreats, via friendships and feuds, romances with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140174120
SKU
V9780140174120
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99-98
About Esther Freud
Esther Freud trained as an actress before writing her first novel, Hideous Kinky, which was subsequently adapted into a film starring Kate Winslet. After publishing her second book she was chosen as one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists, and her books have been shortlisted for numerous awards. Her other novels include The Sea House, Lucky Break and Mr Mac ... Read more
Reviews for Hideous Kinky
A tour de force
London Review of Books
Whimsical, evocative, heartfelt... Synthesizing a blur of images, Hideous Kinky is a song of childhood exile, a paean to the troublesome beauty of life on the run
New York Times
Funny and appealing... It has a delightful lightness of being
Times Literary Supplement
Just open the ... Read more
London Review of Books
Whimsical, evocative, heartfelt... Synthesizing a blur of images, Hideous Kinky is a song of childhood exile, a paean to the troublesome beauty of life on the run
New York Times
Funny and appealing... It has a delightful lightness of being
Times Literary Supplement
Just open the ... Read more