Parlour Games by Mavis Cheek
Celia - housewife, mother and wonderful cook - lives in Bedford Park, London, where the major worries are dailies, private schooling and the misplaced zeal of Neighbourhood Watch vigilantes, and is celebrating her fortieth birthday. The comfy armpit of the English bourgeoisie never felt snuggler. But the cosy house of cards flops rapidly, as friends and a sister turn edgy and fickle, a long-term admirer turns into a crude jester, and Celia spies her husband embracing a ghastly woman in a 'Come Dancing' frock.
'A very funny book - one of those rare books that make you laugh out loudImagine the wicked social observation of Jilly Cooper mixed with the needle wit of Fay Weldon and you'll get the picture.' New Woman 'Cheek's writing is infused with terrific comic energy and she possesses the wickedly sharp eye of a born satirist.' Mail on Sunday
Mavis Cheek's novels include Janice Gentle Gets Sexy, Aunt Margaret's Lover, Sleeping Beauties, Getting Back Brahms, Three Men on a Plane, Mrs Fytton's Country Life and The Sex Life of My Aunt.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780571215126 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571215122 |
| Title | Parlour Games |
| Author | Mavis Cheek |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2002-07-08 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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