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DescriptionIn 1967, Bunny Girl Alice Jones met Lenny Maxted and fell deeply in love with him. But, like so many great comics, Lenny had a dark side. Their love affair ended when Alice found his body hanging from a beam in a Wiltshire cottage. Seven years after his death, Lenny's partner, Jack Flowers, turns up on her doorstep... Promotion infoOutstanding reviews for Laura Wilson's novels: 'Like her stunning debut A LITTLE DEATH, Laura Wilson's DYING VOICES takes the reader back and forth between a menacing present and a terrible past. The writing is graceful and intelligent, all the characters are well presented and distinct and one puts the book down eager for the next' (Donna Leon, Sunday Times) 'The gradual reconstruction of missing years makes compulsive reading. The author has an ear for dialogue and a gift for creating believable characters. This is real class' (Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph) 'Brilliantly imagined... What's intriguing about this, her third novel, is hearing a writer find and exercise more and more her true voice. It is distinctive, confiding and truthful. It is, thrillingly, like no one else's' (Literary Review) A short story by Laura appeared in the Mail on Sunday's You Magazine to tie in with publication A different story was broadcasted on BBC Radio 4 on 27 December 2002 Author descriptionLaura Wilson was brought up in London and has degrees in English Literature from Somerville College, Oxford and UCL, London. She has worked briefly and ingloriously as a teacher, and more successfully as an editor of non-fiction books. She has written history books for children and is interested in history, particularly of the recent past. Her first three novels were critically acclaimed, and the first, A LITTLE DEATH, was shortlisted for both the CWA Historical Dagger and the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original. She lives in London. |