Four Bare Legs In a Bed
Four Bare Legs In a Bed
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Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. From a bed that transforms the lives of a struggling couple to a chorus of midwives telling the dramatic story of a birth, this is a playful, unique set of stories to treasure.
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Four Bare Legs In a Bed by Helen Simpson
Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's singular and opulent voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies. From a bed that transforms the lives of a struggling couple to a chorus of midwives telling the dramatic story of a birth, this is a playful, unique set of stories to treasure.
These stories of sex pack a truly original pungency.. kicking off belly-laughs or melting you with an apt phrase, Simpson makes a delectable debut * Mail on Sunday *
Outstanding... You should read her * The Times *
Dazzlingly original... Simpson's black-hearted humour is something to relish * Sunday Times *
Absolutely brilliant... the only book this year that's made me sick with envy -- Julie Burchill
The most sensuous writer in the land -- Fay Weldon
Outstanding... You should read her * The Times *
Dazzlingly original... Simpson's black-hearted humour is something to relish * Sunday Times *
Absolutely brilliant... the only book this year that's made me sick with envy -- Julie Burchill
The most sensuous writer in the land -- Fay Weldon
Helen Simpson's sixth short-story collection, Cockfosters, follows Four Bare Legs in a Bed (1990), Dear George (1995), Hey Yeah Right Get a Life (2000), Constitutional (2005) and In-Flight Entertainment (2010). A Bunch of Fives: Selected Stories (2012) includes five stories from each of her first five collections. She has received the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. She lives in London.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780749391621 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749391626 |
| Title | Four Bare Legs In a Bed |
| Author | Helen Simpson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1991-05-02 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Winner of Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 1991 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |