Hints and tips:
...There are flickers of other literary dissidents, too, such as Amy Hempel, Lydia Davis, Edna O’Brien and Angela Carter; the last two in particular come to mind in the way Bennett lets raucous digressions...
...Edna Molewa, South African environmental minister and chair of the G77 and China group of emerging market nations, gave the agreement a cautious welcome: “The deal is not perfect . . . but the best we can...
...Smut: Two Unseemly Stories, by Alan Bennett, Profile, RRP£12, 160 pages It’s all right Mavis and Ken, Edna and Rog, keep your support hose on and pour yourself another stiff G&T, The National Treasure hasn...
...Tracie Bennett turns in a gleeful performance as harridan Velma Von Tussle, the TV show’s producer and the mother of Tracy’s arch-enemy Amber....
...Bennett’s guiding light is France, with Laguiole cutlery, Echire butter and a more formal approach to eating than I had encountered elsewhere in Melbourne....
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