Misadventures [electronic resource]
Smith, Sylvia2009
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Relentlessly self-deprecating, Sylvia Smith's diary at first seems to relay the humdrum, everydayness of living, yet it steadily gains momentum as a darker undertone gathers force.Interspersed between humorous tales of first-date disasters and 'get-rich-quick' schemes gone awry, the reader is thrown off-balance by the loss of sexual innocence and a pervading sense of loneliness. As Sylvia stumbles from one temporary job to another, and through a variety of furnished flats, her deadpan delivery is shot through with moments of sandpaper-dry wit.'The nicest, wisest and funniest book I have read for ages' - Helen Fielding'Tipped to become this year's bestseller' - The Week
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[Place of publication not identified] : Canongate Books, 2009
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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9781847677426
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English
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3654094