Treasure Hunt by Molly Keane

Treasure Hunt by Molly Keane

Angel, formidable hostess, social charmer and mother par excellence, confidently awaits the return of her little boy from the trials of war. She could not anticipate that the teenager who went away will return a grown man - bronzed and world-weary - a sophisticated American widow on his arm. Nor could she anticpate that her irrepressible daughter Slaney will similarly throw herself into romance (without asking her advice) and even her niece Tiddley will show an unexpected determination in getting on with her life. Faced with domestic insurrection on a grand scale, Angel will have to sharpen her wits to maintain her tyranny.

She was. . marvellous * Guardian *
Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection . . . its human relationships tortured like bonsai by good form, its open-hearted, sensual passion for horses, dogs and landscape * Evening Standard *
I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved -- Diana Athill
A writer of genius * Wall Street Journal *
Take any book by Molly Keane and I guarantee you will be delighted, warmed and sustained with pleasure . . . she is a born writer -- Dirk Bogarde

Molly Keane (1904-1996) was an Irish novelist and playwright. She grew up at Ballyrankin in County Wexford and was educated at a boarding school in Bray, County Wicklow. She married Bobby Keane, one of a Waterford squirearchical family in 1938 and had two daughters. She used her married name for her later novels, several of which (Good Behaviour, Time After Time) have been adapted for television. Between 1928 and 1956, she wrote eleven novels, and some of her earlier plays, under the pseudonym M. J. Farrell. Her husband died suddenly in 1946, and following the failure of a play she published nothing for twenty years. In 1981, Good Behaviour came out under her own name. The novel was warmly received and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780860688006
ISBN 10	0860688003
Title	Treasure Hunt
Author	Molly Keane
Series	Virago Modern Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	1988-05-05
Number of pages	256
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