![]() In Molly Keane’s Good Behaviour, not only were there no laugh out loud moments, I may have grimaced all the way through. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, was also mentioned and I agree, there were many laugh out moments for me there and great compassion too, some recompense for the underlying sadness of a woman spending the end of her days in a hotel with strangers who become almost friends and the unexpected gift of a complicit friendship with a young man who makes up for an absent grandson. It was also nominated for the Booker Prize in 1981, Hilary Mantel calls it an ‘overlooked classic’. ![]() It was mentioned more than once in an Irish Times article Laugh in the time of Corona: Favourite funny books. ![]() I read this book with great discomfort all the way through. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |