Hot Stew a riotous novel about sex and money in Soho, from the Booker-shortlisted author of Elmet
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Hodder & Stoughton
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
16.09.2021
Verlag
Hodder & StoughtonSeitenzahl
320
Maße (L/B/H)
19,5/12,7/2,4 cm
Gewicht
258 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-5293-2724-3
'Ambitious, clever, brilliant and very funny' Observer
'A dazzling Dickensian tale' Guardian
'Did you know in Tudor times all the brothels were south of the river in Southwark and it was only much later that they moved up this way to Soho. Stews, they were called then.'
Pungent, steamy, insatiable Soho; the only part of London that truly never sleeps. Tourists dawdling, chancers skulking, addicts shuffling, sex workers strutting, punters prowling, businessmen striding, the homeless and the lost. Down Wardour Street, ducking onto Dean Street, sweeping into L'Escargot, darting down quiet back alleyways, skirting dumpsters and drunks, emerging on to raucous main roads, fizzing with energy and riotous with life.
On a corner, sits a large townhouse, the same as all its neighbours. But this building hosts a teeming throng of rich and poor, full from the basement right up to the roof terrace. Precious and Tabitha call the top floors their home but it's under threat; its billionaire-owner Agatha wants to kick the women out to build expensive restaurants and luxury flats. Men like Robert, who visit the brothel, will have to go elsewhere. Those like Cheryl, who sleep in the basement, will have to find somewhere else to hide after dark. But the women won't go quietly. Soho is their turf and they are ready for a fight.
'A microcosm of swarming humanity' The Times
'Ambitious, scathing and damn good fun' TLS
Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize
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