Fülszöveg
** These punchy, vivid novellas show Shena Mackay's {
z inimitable skill in recording the lives of the urban
dispossessed — the young women and men who kick
I against an authority that besieges them. Abigail pines for
J her lover during school assemblies where nuns preach
| sacrifice, but romance is snatched from them when he
crashes the car stolen for their joy ride. With Eugene sent
down for two years, she has ample opportunity to pursue
adolescent angst and to contemplate his escape "
Morris, twenty-three years old and only three feet nine
inches tall, is often mistaken for a child, though the events
that entangle him are far from childish. On the run from
the law, he takes refuge in a beach hut with Leda.
Camouflaged by donkey rides and festive holidaymakers,
they scramble through the days, fortified by salty tea,
beset with fear and desperation.
"Both are macabre, zany, scoffingly droll, sadly beautiful,
wildly funny, glitteringly stylish - and quite...
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Fülszöveg
** These punchy, vivid novellas show Shena Mackay's {
z inimitable skill in recording the lives of the urban
dispossessed — the young women and men who kick
I against an authority that besieges them. Abigail pines for
J her lover during school assemblies where nuns preach
| sacrifice, but romance is snatched from them when he
crashes the car stolen for their joy ride. With Eugene sent
down for two years, she has ample opportunity to pursue
adolescent angst and to contemplate his escape "
Morris, twenty-three years old and only three feet nine
inches tall, is often mistaken for a child, though the events
that entangle him are far from childish. On the run from
the law, he takes refuge in a beach hut with Leda.
Camouflaged by donkey rides and festive holidaymakers,
they scramble through the days, fortified by salty tea,
beset with fear and desperation.
"Both are macabre, zany, scoffingly droll, sadly beautiful,
wildly funny, glitteringly stylish - and quite brilliant She
stands on her own - an original and a-very hot property"
— Daily Mail
The cover shows 'Phoebus', 1927
by Francis Picabia
© ADAGR Paris and DACS, London 1989
Author's photograph by Christopher Angeloglou
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