A far cry from Kensington

Sobre el libro A far cry from Kensington de Muriel Spark publicado por Little Brown en 2025:

´Mercurially funny, playful and mischievous´ Ali Smith´I was in heaven reading this book. I think she writes like an angel . . . just blissful´ Stephen FryA novel of ´pure delight´ (Claire Tomalin) by the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett 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.With an introduction by Ali Smith.´Wonderfully entertaining.´ Sunday Telegraph´An outstanding novel ... A Far Cry From Kensington has an effortless, translucent grasp of the spirit of the period.´ Observer