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Hot Stew

- a riotous novel about sex and money in Soho, from the Booker-shortlisted author of Elmet
Af: Fiona Mozley Engelsk Paperback

Hot Stew

- a riotous novel about sex and money in Soho, from the Booker-shortlisted author of Elmet
Af: Fiona Mozley Engelsk Paperback
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''Ambitious, clever, brilliant and very funny'' Observer

''A dazzling Dickensian tale'' Guardian

''Did you know in Tudor times all the brothels were south of the river in Southwark and it was only much later that they moved up this way to Soho. Stews, they were called then.''

Pungent, steamy, insatiable Soho; the only part of London that truly never sleeps. Tourists dawdling, chancers skulking, addicts shuffling, sex workers strutting, punters prowling, businessmen striding, the homeless and the lost. Down Wardour Street, ducking onto Dean Street, sweeping into L''Escargot, darting down quiet back alleyways, skirting dumpsters and drunks, emerging on to raucous main roads, fizzing with energy and riotous with life.

On a corner, sits a large townhouse, the same as all its neighbours. But this building hosts a teeming throng of rich and poor, full from the basement right up to the roof terrace. Precious and Tabitha call the top floors their home but it''s under threat; its billionaire-owner Agatha wants to kick the women out to build expensive restaurants and luxury flats. Men like Robert, who visit the brothel, will have to go elsewhere. Those like Cheryl, who sleep in the basement, will have to find somewhere else to hide after dark. But the women won''t go quietly. Soho is their turf and they are ready for a fight.

''A microcosm of swarming humanity'' The Times

''Ambitious, scathing and damn good fun'' TLS

Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize

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''Ambitious, clever, brilliant and very funny'' Observer

''A dazzling Dickensian tale'' Guardian

''Did you know in Tudor times all the brothels were south of the river in Southwark and it was only much later that they moved up this way to Soho. Stews, they were called then.''

Pungent, steamy, insatiable Soho; the only part of London that truly never sleeps. Tourists dawdling, chancers skulking, addicts shuffling, sex workers strutting, punters prowling, businessmen striding, the homeless and the lost. Down Wardour Street, ducking onto Dean Street, sweeping into L''Escargot, darting down quiet back alleyways, skirting dumpsters and drunks, emerging on to raucous main roads, fizzing with energy and riotous with life.

On a corner, sits a large townhouse, the same as all its neighbours. But this building hosts a teeming throng of rich and poor, full from the basement right up to the roof terrace. Precious and Tabitha call the top floors their home but it''s under threat; its billionaire-owner Agatha wants to kick the women out to build expensive restaurants and luxury flats. Men like Robert, who visit the brothel, will have to go elsewhere. Those like Cheryl, who sleep in the basement, will have to find somewhere else to hide after dark. But the women won''t go quietly. Soho is their turf and they are ready for a fight.

''A microcosm of swarming humanity'' The Times

''Ambitious, scathing and damn good fun'' TLS

Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781529327243
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1529327245
Kategori: Moderne Samtidslitteratur
Udg. Dato: 16 sep 2021
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: John Murray Press
Oplagsdato: 16 sep 2021
Forfatter(e): Fiona Mozley
Forfatter(e) Fiona Mozley

Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur

ISBN-13 9781529327243

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 320

Udgave

Længde 28mm

Bredde 197mm

Højde 129mm

Udg. Dato 16 sep 2021

Oplagsdato 16 sep 2021

Forlag John Murray Press