A Far Cry From Kensington

Muriel Spark

A Far Cry From Kensington
Format
Audio
Publisher
Bolinda Publishing
Country
Australia
Published
1 June 2020
ISBN
9780655669609

A Far Cry From Kensington

Muriel Spark

First published in 1988 and described by Ali Smith as ‘one of Muriel Spark’s most liberating, and meditative novels’ - A Far Cry from Kensington shows Muriel Spark at the mature height of her powers.

The narrator is one Mrs. Hawkins. She writes from Italy, a far cry from Kensington indeed, taking us back to her threadbare years in postwar London. As a young, rather fat war-widow she spent her days working for a crazy, almost bankrupt publisher, and her nights offering advice from her boarding-house in South Kensington. In both locations our heroine soon uncovered difficulties: shady literary dealing, anonymous letters, blackmail and even suicide.

Whilst Mrs. Hawkins innocently, confidently put about setting things right, she could little imagine the ensuing mayhem and consequences. Now many decades older, thinner, and pleased with her situation in Italy, Mrs. Hawkins reflects on all those dark happenings, recounting how her own life changed forever.

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