The cost of living
Farrell, Kathleen, 1912-19992026
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Idealistic Alexandra is throwing a party to meet a more glamorous crowd. Marianne, more sardonic, worries it'll be the usual sort. The party is in Alexandra's attic flat. Marianne will contribute a few bottles of red optimistically labelled Bordeaux. Can it be judged a success? There's Donald the bus conductor with high-brow dreams, nervous bespectacled Bernhardt and Marius the ghostwriter. Not to mention a brace of Peters. It's left to sexy, young Pisa and riotous, middle-aged Mummy (neither invited) to steal the show. Yet, after the party both Marianne and Alexandra find themselves caught in unexpected - sometimes far from romantic - relationships. Meeting people, it turns out, has the most peculiar consequences. Is that really the cost of living?
Main title:
The cost of living / Kathleen Farrell.
Author:
Farrell, Kathleen, 1912-1999, author
Work:
Edition:
New edition / foreword by Jane Fallon.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2026.
Collation:
224 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781405988766 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
BRN:
1858724