A Game of Hide and Seek (Virago modern classics) |
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 | The novel is a love story, and not a happy one, but it is also extremely funny. The main characters, Harriet and Vesey, conduct a love affair mainly in his absence over a period of perhaps fifteen years. In the meantime Harriet takes a job in a gown shop (yes, "gown," not "dress") and marries an older man, Charles, who knows a little about Vesey, just enough to feel constantly undermined by him. The part of the novel dealing with the shop is especially hilarious, with the antics of the other assistants. Vesey, effete and ineffective, is yet somehow a powerful character who exerts his influence not only over Harriet and Charles, but over their daughter as well. In fact, the daughter is convinced that Vesey is her real father. He is perceived always as a malign influence, whereas the truth is that he never quite has the energy to achieve anything, not even adultery with Harriet.The minor characters, like Charles' mother Julia, are excellent. Julia is a former actress and a great ... read more.
Written by Elizabeth Taylor.
Published 29 May 1986.
Published by Virago Press Ltd.
rrp £3.99.
272 pages Paperback.
ISBN: 086068556X
ISBN-13: 9780860685562 | |
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