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One hot night last spring, after waiting fruitlessly for a call from my then lover, with whom I had quarrelled the same afternoon, and finding one of my black moods on me, I flung out of my lonely room on the ninth floor (unlucky number) in a hotel in lower Fifth Avenue and rushed into the streets of the Village, feeling bad.
Letty Fox is hunting for a husband. Her picaresque adventures are brilliantly described in this imaginative portrayal of a woman who might have been independent, but chose otherwise.
Published | 04 May 2017 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 592 |
ISBN | 9781786691392 |
Imprint | Apollo Library |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
To open a book, any book, by Christina Stead and read a few pages is to be at once aware that one is in the presence of greatness... Letty Fox: Her Luck is a fully achieved comic novel of a most original kind'
Angela Carter
Reissued as part of the Apollo imprint's mission to rescue neglected literary gems, with a brilliant introduction by Tim Parks, it is a compelling tour de force, spilling over with exuberant characters, richly observed settings an mordant wit
The Lady
A fascinating read which gives much food for thought as well as painting some larger than life characters and settings... Another worthwhile addition to Apollo's reprint series'
Shiny New Books
A darkly comic novel
Simple Things magazine
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