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Georgy Girl
Panther, London, 1966
dedication:
For my mother and father
The blurb on the back: Georgina is tall, virginal, and gawky. Her room-mate Meredith, prettier and more experienced, attracts all the men. But when Meredith gets pregnant and marries, her husband Jos suddenly realizes it is Georgina whom he really loves… Their precarious ménage à trios is further complicated by James, rich, fat and middle-aged, who wants Georgina as his permanent mistress…
Don't let the sleeve-notes to the US edition fool you: it's not hilarious and it's not off-beat. Instead it's an adequate but not particularly inspiring of four adequate but not particularly inspiring characters, leavened by the occasional good joke, like this description of a hospital clergyman:
I like that cynical, sarcastic tone and could have used more of it. As it is, there's not enough of the social setting to make this an interesting historical document, and there's not enough story to make it a valuable novel in its own right. You'd be better off reading Gillian Freeman. Disappointing. ![]() US edition ENTERTAINMENT VALUE: 2/5 HIPNESS QUOTIENT: 4/5
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