With a cover design by Lucienne Day When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he is a 'pisseur de copie', that he 'urinates frightful prose', little does she realise the repercussions. Holding that 'no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest' Mrs Hawkins refuses to retract her judgement, and as a consequence, loses not one, but two much-sought-after jobs in publishing. Now, years older, successful, and happily a far cry from Kensington, she looks back over the dark days that followed, in which she was embroiled in a mystery involving anonymous letters, quack remedies, blackmail and suicide.
| ISBN: | 9781844085279 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2008 |
| Author: | Muriel Spark, Ali Smith |
| Publisher: | Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Classics Modern and Contemporary Fiction Humorous Fiction Literary Fiction |