April 2011 Guest Editor Lesley Lokko on Douglas Kennedy...
The blurb on the back (or is it the front?) of his novels says ‘no one does stylish, damaged women better.’ How true. When I’m in the mood for something I cannot put down, Kennedy never lets me down. They’re all uniformly good – The Big Picture, The Pursuit of Happiness, The State of the Union and the one I’ve just stayed up all night reading, Leaving the World.
It’s rare to read a man who’s got such a handle on women but Kennedy scarcely puts a foot wrong. It’s a bit like watching The Office...scarily familiar, scarily good and often cringe-worthy. We can all remember making that last, desperate phone call when we really, really shouldn’t. What Not To Do, not Wear.
On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Jane Howard made a vow to her warring parents – she would never get married and she would never have children.
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On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Jane Howard made a vow to her warring parents – she would never get married and she would never have children. But life, as Jane comes to discover, is a profoundly random business.
Leaving the World features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Family Drama, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback, Hardback. £16.19, down from the £17.99 cover price. In Stock.
Leaving the World was written by Douglas Kennedy and published by Arrow Books Ltd an imprint of Cornerstone
Leaving the World has 584 pages
£16.19, reduced from £17.99. In Stock.
