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  • Good Behaviour

    A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick – Booker Prize Gems

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 222 - Virago Modern Classics
    We kept our heads above the morass, stifled screaming despairs only by the exercise of Good Behaviour.Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic St Charles family is sinking into a state of decaying grace. Aroon, the unlovely daughter of the house, silently longs for affection - which she receives neither from her icy mother nor her hunting-obsessed father. The fierce forces of sex, money, ... Read more

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  • Loving And Giving

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 223 - Virago Modern Classics
    FROM THE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE'Molly Keane is astonishing . . . an exquisitely written black comedy with a shock ending' *GUARDIAN***'Quite the best book she has written' DAILY TELEGRAPH'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILLIn 1914, when Nicandra is eight, all is well in the grand Irish estate, Deer Forest. Maman is beautiful and adored. Dada... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Mad Puppetstown

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 225 - Virago Modern Classics
    'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL'A writer of genius' WALL STREET JOURNALIn the early 1900s, Easter lives with her Aunt Brenda, her cousins Evelyn and Basil, and their Great-Aunt Dicksie in an imposing country house, Puppetstown which casts a spell over their childhood. Here they spend carefree days taunting the peacocks in Aunt Dicksie's ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Knight Of Cheerful Countenance

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 227 - Virago Modern Classics
    'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING STANDARDTo Ballinrath House, where purple bog gives way to slate-coloured mountains, comes Allan to visit his Irish cousins. No sooner has he arrived than he falls in love with Cousin Ann, though it seems that she only has eyes for ... Read more

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  • Treasure Hunt

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 230 - Virago Modern Classics
    'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING STANDARD'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILLAngel, formidable hostess, social charmer and mother par excellence, confidently awaits the return of her little boy from the trials of war. She could not anticipate that the teenager who went away will return... ... Read more

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  • Devoted Ladies

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 220 - Virago Modern Classics
    'Keane has a sharp eye, but a compassionate one' GUARDIAN'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL'Miss Farrell's genius lies in her remorselessness . . . deliciously funny' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWJessica and Jane have been living together for six months and are devoted friends - or are they? Jessica loves her friend with the cruelty of total possessiveness; Jane is rich, silly, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Rising Tide

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 228 - Virago Modern Classics
    BY THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEINTRODUCED BY POLLY DEVLIN'Psychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit' IRISH TIMES'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN'A writer of genius' WALL STREET JOURNALOne glorious gothic mansion - Garonlea - and two rather different ladies who would be Queen . . .Lady Charlotte French-McGrath has... ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Taking Chances

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 226 - Virago Modern Classics
    BY THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN'Molly Keane . . . is robust about sinful human nature and the intrigues of the heart' V. S. PRITCHET'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING STANDARDThose who suffered because of her might think of Mary that she hurt others, herself she could not hurt; but... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Full House

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 221 - Virago Modern Classics
    FROM THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING STANDARD'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILLSilverue - an enchanting Irish mansion - is owned by one of the most frightening mothers in fiction - the indomitable, oppressively girlish Lady Bird... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Conversation Piece

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 219 - Virago Modern Classics
    FOR FANS OF JANE AUSTEN AND NANCY MITFORD'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL'A writer of genius' WALL STREET JOURNALWhen Oliver visits Pullinstown, he is introduced to wild days of hunting and shooting, and to characters like his cousins, with their passion for horses and trickery, and Sir Richard, elderly, but a matc... ... Read more

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  • Young Entry

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 232 - Virago Modern Classics
    'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING STANDARDPrudence, at nineteen, is reckless, laughing, wild; the despair of her elderly guardians. With her best friend, the subversive but very female Peter, she rackets round the Irish countryside among her beloved horses an... ... Read more

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  • Loving Without Tears

    by Molly Keane ...
    Series Book 224 - Virago Modern Classics
    'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL'A writer of genius' WALL STREET JOURNALAngel, formidable hostess, social charmer and mother par excellence, confidently awaits the return of her little boy from the trials of war. She could not anticipate that the teenager who went away will return a grown man - bronzed and world-weary - a sophisti... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD