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Mistletoe Malice

Mistletoe Malice - Paperback

by Kathleen Farrell
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Kathleen FarrellPublish date:2023-10-31Pages:252
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Faber & FaberISBN-13:9780571378265ISBN-10:571378269UPC:9780571378265Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Humorous, SatireSize:7.70 x 4.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.55Product ID:SCRW6MM5QE
A dysfunctional family reunites for the Christmas holiday from hell in this rediscovered festive classic with fangs for fans of Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Taylor and Stella Gibbons.

"Literary comfort and joy." Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss

The fire is on, sherry poured, presents wrapped, and claws are being sharpened. In a seaside cottage perched on a cliff, one family reunites for Christmas. While snow falls, a tyrannical widowed matriarch presides over her unruly brood. Her niece tends to her whims, but fantasizes about eloping; and as more guests arrive, each bringing their secret truths and dreams, the Christmas tree explodes, a brawl erupts, an escape occurs - and their "midwinter madness" climaxes...
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Faber & FaberISBN-13:9780571378265ISBN-10:571378269UPC:9780571378265Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Humorous, SatireSize:7.70 x 4.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.55Product ID:SCRW6MM5QE

Kathleen Farrell was born in London in 1912 and educated at a convent school. Her first book, Johnny's Not Home from the Fair (1942), was written while working for the wartime secretary-general of the Labour party, after which she founded a prestigious literary agency, eventually sold to a rival firm. Farrell lived in Hampstead for twenty years with her partner Kay Dick - reviewer, editor and author of They (1977) - in a literary circle including Ivy Compton-Burnett, Stevie Smith and Olivia Manning.


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