{"product_id":"people-on-privilege-hill-and-other-stories","title":"People on Privilege Hill and Other Stories","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePeople on Privilege Hill and Other Stories\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJane Gardam\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781933372563\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eEuropa Editions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e208\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Engrossing stories of hilarity and heartbreak\" from the Whitbread Award-winning author of the Old Filth trilogy (\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA collection of stories from a writer at the height of her powers--a celebrated stylist admired for her caustic humor, freewheeling imagination, love of humanity, and wicked powers of observation. This is a delightful grouping of stories, witty and wise, that includes the return of Sir Edward Feathers, \"Old Filth\" himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Gardam's] stories, like delicate tapestries, are alight with colors.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"When Gardam hits her mark, like other exemplary short-story writers such as William Trevor, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Elizabeth Taylor, she can be dazzling.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gardam's brisk narration and fearless temperament make for serious fun.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wry, economical and perpetually surprising, these 14 stories from English novelist Gardam follow the last of the intrepid, stiff upper lip WWII generation of British ladies and gentlemen. . . . Gardam vividly evokes an age of iron wills.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gardam displays the consummate skill of the short-story-teller, which is that of the caricaturist, the ability to capture a personality in a few brief strokes. . . . \u003cem\u003ePrivilege Hill\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of gentle stories that you could read to your grandmother, with the kind of sharp wit that would no doubt give her a secret smile. But they're deeper than they look . . . so don't read them all at once.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Bookbag\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"People on Privilege Hill and Other Stories | Jane Gardam | Paperback | 9781933372563 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1778157","offer_id":50763091771650,"sku":"1778157","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71WU7E6LQeL.jpg?v=1792059663","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/people-on-privilege-hill-and-other-stories","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}