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Man or Mango? Lucy Ellmann

Man or Mango? By Lucy Ellmann

Man or Mango? by Lucy Ellmann


3,50 £
Condition - Very Good
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Summary

Lucy Ellmann's first novel for seven years exceeded even the highest expectations, a comic masterpiece that will charm readers everywhere.

Man or Mango? Summary

Man or Mango?: A Lament by Lucy Ellmann

Eloise and George, a pair of star-crossed lovers...Eloise spends her time avoiding the human race and making lists of damaging encounters and the length of time it takes her to recover from them: 'Speaking to postman: half an hour...Preparing to make phonecall (days) indefinite'. Yet she is also desperately yearning for George, her sometime lover, an American poet embarked on an epic of ice-hockey. Equally besotted, George has pursued Eloise to England. When the two are reunited by chance the results are truly explosive...

Man or Mango? Reviews

'A faultless perfomance... Brilliant comedy' -- Time Out 'Bold, wonderful... I shall read it again' -- Times 'Lucy Ellmann is brilliant... So read it' -- Victoria Glendinning, Literary Review 'Dazzling... Writing of such a high calibre... Flashes of humour and understanding so brilliant' -- Susie Boyt, Independent

About Lucy Ellmann

Lucy Ellmann is the daughter of Richard Ellmann, biographer of Wilde, and writer Mary Ellmann. Lucy was born in Illinois but moved to England at the age of thirteen when her father came to take up his chair at Oxford. Her first novel, Sweet Desserts, was the winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize, and was followed by Varying Degrees of Hopelessness.

Additional information

GOR002782785
9780747259053
0747259054
Man or Mango?: A Lament by Lucy Ellmann
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Headline Publishing Group
19990204
240
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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