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'''''A Far Cry From Kensington''''' is a novel by [[Scottish people|Scottish]] author [[Muriel Spark]] published in 1988. It is narrated by Agnes Hawkins; a young war-widow lodging in a [[rooming house]] in [[South Kensington]] and working as an editor at a struggling publishing house. |
'''''A Far Cry From Kensington''''' is a novel by [[Scottish people|Scottish]] author [[Muriel Spark]] published in 1988. It is narrated by Agnes (known as Nancy) Hawkins; a young war-widow lodging in a [[rooming house]] in [[South Kensington]] and working as an editor at a struggling publishing house. |
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The story centres on Wanda, a highly strung Polish dressmaker who is on the receiving end of various threatening letters and on Hector Bartlett who appears to be stalking Agnes and through whom she loses her job. |
The story centres on Wanda, a highly strung Polish dressmaker who is on the receiving end of various threatening letters and on Hector Bartlett who appears to be stalking Agnes and through whom she loses her job. |
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| Author | Muriel Spark |
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| Cover artist | Pat Doyle |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Publisher | Constable |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | Vereinigtes Königreich |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 189 |
| ISBN | 0-09-468290-9 |
A Far Cry From Kensington is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark published in 1988. It is narrated by Agnes (known as Nancy) Hawkins; a young war-widow lodging in a rooming house in South Kensington and working as an editor at a struggling publishing house. The story centres on Wanda, a highly strung Polish dressmaker who is on the receiving end of various threatening letters and on Hector Bartlett who appears to be stalking Agnes and through whom she loses her job.
The story also features the pseudoscience of radionics.