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  • Published: 25 May 1989
  • ISBN: 9780140108743
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $29.99

A Far Cry From Kensington



Mrs Hawkins, a fat young war widow worked for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher in 1950s London. Looking back on shady literary doings and a deadly enemy, anonymous letters, blackmail and suicide, the thin and successful Mrs Hawkins recalls how she came through it all.

  • Published: 25 May 1989
  • ISBN: 9780140108743
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $29.99

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