The Cost of Living

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Beschreibung

<p><b>Rediscover the brilliance of <i>The Cost of Living</i> in the Mermaid Collection - classic books by popular pioneering female authors republished to delight new generations of readers. </b></p><p><b>'The Mermaid Collection is so sure footed that you're unlikely to go wrong' India Knight</b></p><p><b>A witty and characterful novel about the aftermath of a party thrown by singletons Marianne, a freelance typist in her mid-thirties and twenty-six year old Alexandra, a freelance portrait painter, who live in the same apartment building and have decided it's time to meet some men . . . </b></p><p></p><p><b>With a foreword by Jane Fallon</b></p><p></p><p><b>'You're always so cynical. It doesn't do. It makes men feel inferior.'</b></p><p><b>'Quite a few of them are . . .'</b></p><p></p><p>Idealistic Alexandra is throwing a party to meet a more glamorous crowd. Marianne, more sardonic, worries it'll be the usual sort.</p><p></p><p>The party is in Alexandra's attic flat. Marianne will contribute a few bottles of red optimistically labelled Bordeaux. Can it be judged a success? There's Donald the bus conductor with high-brow dreams, nervous bespectacled Bernhardt and Marius the ghostwriter. Not to mention a brace of Peters. It's left to sexy, young Pisa and riotous, middle-aged Mummy (neither invited) to steal the show.</p><p></p><p>Yet, after the party both Marianne and Alexandra find themselves caught in unexpected - sometimes far from romantic - relationships. Meeting people, it turns out, has the most peculiar consequences.</p><p></p><p>Is that really the cost of living?</p><p></p><p><b>Praise for Kathleen Farrell: </b></p><p><b>'Genuine wit, an acute feminine intelligence and a natural distinction of style'</b> <i>Spectator</i></p><p><b> 'A distinctive voice, and she provided her readers with subtle pleasures' </b><i>Guardian</i></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781405988766

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 131 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)