East of Islington - Softcover

Taylor, Sam

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ISBN 10: 1903933692 ISBN 13: 9781903933695

Publisher: Gibson Square Books, 2010

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Welcome to Sam Taylor's world. A single girl with a dog, she moves into a new flat and tumbles headlong into a rollercoaster life in a dodgy postcode with 'potential'. Female friends, hopeless bachelors, would-be artists, poets dressed as reindeers, rabbis, lesbian mums, conflicted vicars, and a bewildered boyfriend, are all thrown together through chance and circumstance. From the moment she arrives and discovers her neighbours rehearsing opera al fresco at midnight, their collective tales of romance, aspiration and embarrassing failure bind them together into one mad, idiosyncratic family. For anyone who has ever lived in a flat or just waved someone off to the city, here is an irrepressible dose of laugh-out-loud humour ...

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About the Author

Sam Taylor is a professional writer who has worked for various newspapers. She currently is Commissioning Editor at the Daily Mail and writes for the Independent. Previously she had a column in the Guardian and was editor at City Limits. She lives with her young daughter and two dogs.

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'Fiendishly funny and devastatingly acute' Will Self 'You'll be retelling it to friends until they give in and buy a copy themselves.' Metro I found myself chortling... Hilarious.' Time Out 'Delightful.' Boyd Tonkin, Independent

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