Devoted Ladies
$23.92
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
7 August 2006
Summary
Jessica and Jane have been living together for six months and are devoted friends - or are they? Jessica loves her friend with the cruelty of total possessiveness; Jane is rich, silly, and drinks rather too many brandy-and-sodas.
Watching from the sidelines, their friend Sylvester regrets that Jane should be ‘loved and bullied and perhaps even murdered by that frightful Jessica’, but decides it’s none of his business. When the Irish gentleman George Playfair meets Jane, however, he th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844083237 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844083233 |
| Author: | Molly Keane, Polly Devlin |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 7 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 124mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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‘The very best of Anglo-Irish writing’ CLARE BOYLAN
Keane has a sharp eye, but a compassionate one - GUARDIAN
Her books are witty, sardonic, human comedies, edged by black humour, and, like all good comedies, sadness and pathos lie close to the glittering surface - POLLY DEVLINMiss Farrell’s genius lies in her remorselessness … deliciously funny - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWThe very best of AngloIrish writing - CLARE BOYLANKeane has a sharp eye, but a compassionate one - GUARDIANHer books are witty, sardonic, human comedies, edged by black humour, and, like all good comedies, sadness and pathos lie close to the glittering surface - POLLY DEVLINMiss Farrell’s genius lies in her remorselessness … deliciously funny - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWThe very best of AngloIrish writing - CLARE BOYLANAbout The Author
Molly Keane
Molly Keane (1904-1996) was born in Co Kildare, Ireland. The author of numerous enchanting novels, she also wrote under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell.
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