Esther Freud was born in 1963 and lives in London. Her previous novels are Hideous Kinky, which was made into a film starring Kate Winslet, Peerless Flats, Gaglow and The Wild.
A tour de force
*London Review of Books*
Whimsical, evocative, heartfelt... Synthesizing a blur of images,
Hideous Kinky is a song of childhood exile, a paean to the
troublesome beauty of life on the run
*New York Times*
Funny and appealing... It has a delightful lightness of being
*Times Literary Supplement*
Just open the book and begin, and instantly you will be charmed,
then intrigued and finally moved by this fascinating story
*Spectator*
Genuine and endearing... Esther Freud is adroit at capturing the
way adult follies appear to a child [and] she has a gift for
unstated hilarity... Like the sword swallowers in the marketplace,
she manages to make it look effortless
*Los Angeles Times*
A tour de force * London Review of Books *
Whimsical, evocative, heartfelt... Synthesizing a blur of images,
Hideous Kinky is a song of childhood exile, a paean to the
troublesome beauty of life on the run * New York Times *
Funny and appealing... It has a delightful lightness of being *
Times Literary Supplement *
Just open the book and begin, and instantly you will be charmed,
then intrigued and finally moved by this fascinating story *
Spectator *
Genuine and endearing... Esther Freud is adroit at capturing the
way adult follies appear to a child [and] she has a gift for
unstated hilarity... Like the sword swallowers in the marketplace,
she manages to make it look effortless * Los Angeles Times *
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