For those who have read Two Caravans (bwl 48) and A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (bwl 31), it won't come as a surprise that this title is misleadingly frivolous. A clever, touching story, extremely funny, extremely dark, so humane, with great understanding of madly human quirks, with as usual a marvellous ear and subtle pen for the different foreign accents, this author, born in Germany but bred in England and writing superb English, deserves all her fame and more.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 81 Summer 2016 ) |
