{"product_id":"far-cry-from-kensington","title":"Far Cry from Kensington","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eFar Cry from Kensington\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMuriel Spark\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780811214575\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Directions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2000\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e3rd ptg\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003e Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eMrs. Hawkins, the majestic narrator of \u003cem\u003eA Far Cry from Kensington\u003c\/em\u003e, takes us well in hand, and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London. There, as a fat and much admired young war widow, she spent her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher (of very good books) and her nights dispensing advice at her small South Kensington rooming-house. At work and at home Mrs. Hawkins soon uncovered evil: shady literary doings and a deadly enemy; anonymous letters, blackmail, and suicide. With aplomb, however, Mrs. Hawkins confidently set about putting things to order, little imagining the mayhem which would ensue. Now decades older, thin, successful, and delighted with life in Italy -- quite a far cry from Kensington -- Mrs. Hawkins looks back to all those dark doings, and recounts how her own life changed forever. She still, however, loves to give advice: It's easy to get thin. You eat and drink the same as always, only half....I offer this advice without fee; it is included in the price of this book. A masterwork by Britain's greatest living novelist (\u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, 1999), \u003cem\u003eA Far Cry from Kensington\u003c\/em\u003e has been hailed as outstanding (\u003cem\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/em\u003e) and wickedly and adroitly executed (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003cem\u003eFar Cry\u003c\/em\u003e is, among other things, a comedy that holds a tragedy as an egg-cup holds an egg (\u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"New Directions","offers":[{"title":"Far Cry from Kensington | Muriel Spark | Paperback | 9780811214575 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1486250","offer_id":48753914937496,"sku":"1486250","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51tUyXsENAL.jpg?v=1774067782","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/far-cry-from-kensington","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}