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The Lovers of Pound Hill

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Lively, sunny, positive, this is a real cheerer-upper of a book. You'll love it

The author unleashes her comic talents to the full

Queen of social satire Mavis Cheek delivers another warm and witty romp with The Lovers of Pound Hill . . . A beautiful and intelligent read.

A comic delight . . . sparkling entertainment

One of the funniest, most subversive novelists writing today

A witty tale in which the author exposes the readers to a host of delightful characters

Many books are advertised as being funny but few live up to the hype . . . The Lovers of Pound Hill is genuinely witty and very, very clever . . . satire at its best.

When city girl Molly Bonner arrives in the village of Lufferton Boney, she creates quite a stir. With her non-country-style boots, determined manner and alluring looks, she sets off a wave of intrigue that ripples through the lives of everyone there, from Julie the barmaid at the Holly Bush to antiques dealer Dryden Fellows and Montmorency the cat. 
 
For Molly is a girl on a mission: to discover the truth behind Lufferton Boney's most notorious resident, the giant (and slightly obscene) Gnome etched into the face of Pound Hill. And along the way, she has some personal demons to settle...

A fabulously reviewed comic romp set in the English countryside by queen of social satire Mavis Cheek

Mavis Cheek was born and grew up in Wimbledon. She began her working life at Editions Alecto, the contemporary art publishers. She then attended Hillcroft College for Women from where she graduated in Arts. After her daughter Bella was born, she began her writing career in earnest; journalism and travel writing at first, then short stories, and eventually, in 1988, her novel Pause Between Acts, which won the She/John Menzies First Novel Prize. Her thirteen novels include Mrs Fytton's Country Life, Janice Gentle Gets Sexy and, most recently, Amenable Women, described in the Times as 'a brilliantly funny, warm, intelligent read'. She now lives and writes in the heart of the English countryside.

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Lively, sunny, positive, this is a real cheerer-upper of a book. You'll love it

The author unleashes her comic talents to the full

Queen of social satire Mavis Cheek delivers another warm and witty romp with The Lovers of Pound Hill . . . A beautiful and intelligent read.

A comic delight . . . sparkling entertainment

One of the funniest, most subversive novelists writing today

A witty tale in which the author exposes the readers to a host of delightful characters

Many books are advertised as being funny but few live up to the hype . . . The Lovers of Pound Hill is genuinely witty and very, very clever . . . satire at its best.

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