The Waiting Game by Bernice Rubens
A wicked black comedy of blackmail and skulduggery set in an old folks home.
At once taboo-breakingly funny and sentiently profound.. astonishing * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
Rubens is compassionately eloquent. She also, as always, gleefully extracts comedy from the most unlikely sources * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
A vision of old age that owes nothing to political correctness ... honest and humane * INDEPENDENT *
Hilarious ... intelligent and funny, Ruben s' splendid prose is untainted by phoney sentiment ... read it and don't weep * EVENING STANDARD *
Rubens is compassionately eloquent. She also, as always, gleefully extracts comedy from the most unlikely sources * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
A vision of old age that owes nothing to political correctness ... honest and humane * INDEPENDENT *
Hilarious ... intelligent and funny, Ruben s' splendid prose is untainted by phoney sentiment ... read it and don't weep * EVENING STANDARD *
Bernice Rubens was born in Wales & later read English at the University of Wales. In 1970 she won the Booker Prize for THE ELECTED MEMBER. A FIVE YEAR SENTENCE was also nominated for the award. 2 books have been filmed, I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE and MADAME SOUSATZKA, & MR WAKEFIELD'S CRUSADE was made into a TV series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349109022 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349109028 |
| Title | The Waiting Game |
| Author | Bernice Rubens |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1998-09-10 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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