Mrs Gulliver
mars 2024 · Serpent's Tail
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The newest novel from Valerie Martin, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction
'Beguiling' The Times
'Utterly brilliant' Daily Mail
'Intelligent, quick-witted and curious' Irish Times
1954. Nineteen years old, beautiful and blind since birth, Caritá has taken control of her life by leaving home and working in Mrs Gulliver's reputed and exclusive brothel. On her first night there she meets Ian Drohan, a young and wealthy idealist who falls madly in love with her, and is determined to save her from this employment. But does Caritá need saving?
A delightful entanglement of star-crossed lovers, gangsters and chase across tropical paradise, Mrs Gulliver is an entertaining escapade of two women forging their place in the world.
'Beguiling' The Times
'Utterly brilliant' Daily Mail
'Intelligent, quick-witted and curious' Irish Times
1954. Nineteen years old, beautiful and blind since birth, Caritá has taken control of her life by leaving home and working in Mrs Gulliver's reputed and exclusive brothel. On her first night there she meets Ian Drohan, a young and wealthy idealist who falls madly in love with her, and is determined to save her from this employment. But does Caritá need saving?
A delightful entanglement of star-crossed lovers, gangsters and chase across tropical paradise, Mrs Gulliver is an entertaining escapade of two women forging their place in the world.
Om forfatteren
Valerie Martin is the author of eleven novels, including I Give It To You, Italian Fever and Property, which won the Orange Prize and Women's Prize for Fiction. She has also written three collections of short fiction and Salvation, a biography of Saint Francis of Assisi. She has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as the Kafka Prize for Mary Reilly.
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