5/20/2023 0 Comments English animals laura kaye![]() Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only. To order a copy for £14.44 go to or call 03. ![]() English Animals is a funny, subversive, poignant and beautifully written novel about a doomed love affair, a certain kind of Englishness and prejudice. The result, if not particularly urgent, is undoubtedly charming.Įnglish Animals by Laura Kaye is published by Little, Brown (£16.99). But when she tells Sophie that she is gay, everything she values is put in danger and she must learn the hard way what she really believes in. If never quite taking off, this aspect of the book rumble along gently in the background, and Kaye has a keen eye for social observation – a scene of multiple polite “Afternoons” between passing dog walkers had me chuckling. ![]() ![]() Frfattare: Laura Kaye Format: Pocket/Paperback ISBN: 9780349142197. Shades of Cold Comfort Farm – Mirka goes to work in a large rural house, home to eccentric drunks Sophie and Richard – meet more contemporary concerns, namely immigration and a snobbish type of English bigotry. Charming Guardian English Animals is a subversive, wry debut that fans of Marina. This odd creation is the perfect metaphor for English Animals, a rather strange beast all of its own. Stories about talking animals enjoy an exceptional popularity in English literature and in childrens fiction in particular. ![]() T owards the end of Laura Kaye’s debut, her heroine, Mirka – a Slovakian lesbian trying to build a new life in England – visits a taxidermy shop in London’s East End, and finds “a cat with the wings of a white bird”. ![]()
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