A far cry from Kensington

Description:

Set in 1954, this is a tale narrated by one Mrs Agnes Hawkins, a plump, forthright and no-nonsense young war widow. Nancy (as she is called) is the calm at the center of the perennial storm in the offices of a struggling London publishing house in the difficult years after WWII. At work and at her seedy boarding house she is involved with a cast of characters ranging from the charmingly useless to the downright unhinged; included an author she rejects and who tries to revenge himself through a quack science known as "radionics" (use of radio waves to influence health).

subjects: Literature publishing,  Women editors,  Publishers and publishing,  Fiction,  Widows,  Large type books,  New York Times reviewed,  Satire,  England, fiction,  London (england), fiction,  Fiction, general,  Englisch,  Roman,  Audio Adult: Books On Tape,  Unabridged Audio - Fiction/General

Places: London (England)