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This Bed Thy Centre - The Modern Classic (Paperback)
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This Bed Thy Centre - The Modern Classic (Paperback)
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List price R280
Loot Price R251
Discovery Miles 2 510
You Save R29 (10%)
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'Striking first novel . . . qualities of vitality and humour which
set it apart.' New York Times Described by the New York Times upon
her death as 'one of Britain's best-known novelists', plunge
yourself into the wry world of Pamela Hansford Johnson in this
story of seduction and marriage, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Jane
Howard and Barbara Pym. ****************** Sixteen-year-old Elsie
Cotton is curious about sex, but in this 1930s London suburb,
there's no one who is willing to talk to her about it. Her widowed
mother refuses to engage with the fact she's growing up, her art
teacher tells her she'll find out about it soon enough, and Patty
Maginnis would probably know, but Elsie can't find a way to ask
her. The only person who will happily help is her boyfriend, Roly;
but Elsie is all to aware of the risks... but as their relationship
intensifies and her curiosity grows, what options are left to her?
Banned from Battersea library, blasted by reviewers for being
'lewd' and earning the author abusive notes through the letterbox
on its publication in 1935, This Bed Thy Centre is the
controversial debut by Pamela Hansford Johnson that marked the
start of her distinguished career. ****************** Praise for
Pamela Hansford Johnson: 'Witty, satirical and deftly malicious'
Anthony Burgess 'A remarkable craftswoman' A.S. Byatt 'Hansford
Johnson at her wittiest is Waugh mingled with Malcolm Bradbury Ruth
Rendell 'A writer whose memory fully deserves to be kept alive'
Jonathan Coe
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