Author:E. F. Benson
Subtly brilliant comedy of social rivalry between the wars. Emmeline Lucas (known universally to her friends as Lucia) is an arch-snob of the highest order. In Miss Elizabeth Mapp of Mallards Lucia meets her match. Ostensibly the most civil and genteel of society ladies, there is no plan too devious, no plot too cunning, no depths to which they would not sink, in order to win the battle for social supremacy. Using as their deadly weapons garden parties, bridge evenings and charming teas, the two combatants strive to outcharm each other - and the whole of Tilling society - as they vie for the position of doyenne of the town.
'She writes like an angel and thinks like the devil. Joughin is a major discovery'
—— Fay Weldon'An exciting new talent'
—— Sunday Telegraph'Sheena Joughin has an unusual clarity of voice and a crafty duality, something both brooding and light, in her writing. The hurts and nastinesses between her characters are paralleled with a casual persistence of good nature and good humour in this funny, piercing book about lostness, childishness and growing up'
—— Ali Smith , The Times Literary Supplement'Very funny, very edgy, very acute. I love this book'
—— Julie Burchill'[Joughin] is already a mistress of mordant comedy... a talent to watch'
—— Daily Mail'Joughin has a merciless eye for unflattering detail and for the insecurities of both sexes ... extremely funny'
—— Daily Telegraph
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