Hideous Kinky (Paperback)
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Hideous Kinky (Paperback)

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Paperback 208 Pages
Published: 25/02/1993
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The thirtieth anniversary edition of a twentieth century classic - an unforgettable journey through 1960s Morocco, based on the author's own childhood

For fans of Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals, Laurie Lee's Cider With Rosie and Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love

Quirky, charming and suffused the footloose spirit of the sixties, this is the irresistible story of an English woman who decides on a whim to move herself and her two young daughters to Morocco. The ensuing adventure takes them through richly perfumed markets, dilapidated hotels and mystical Sufi retreats, via friendships and feuds, romances with nomadic street performers, hitch-hiking and nights camping by the coast - all seen through the eyes of a precocious five-year-old girl. Rediscover this transporting modern classic about the spirit of freedom, filled with the sights, smells and textures of twentieth century Morocco.

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780140174120
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 152 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 12 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

A tour de force - London Review of Books

Whimsical, evocative, heartfelt... Synthesizing a blur of images, Hideous Kinky is a song of childhood exile, a paean to the troublesome beauty of life on the run - New York Times

Funny and appealing... It has a delightful lightness of being - Times Literary Supplement

Just open the book and begin, and instantly you will be charmed, then intrigued and finally moved by this fascinating story - Spectator

Genuine and endearing... Esther Freud is adroit at capturing the way adult follies appear to a child [and] she has a gift for unstated hilarity... Like the sword swallowers in the marketplace, she manages to make it look effortless - Los Angeles Times

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