Poppy Shakespeare

Clare Allan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2007 | New edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-8584-8 (ISBN)

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N has been a patient for thirteen years. Like the other patients, her ambition is never to be discharged. Poppy is certain she isn't mentally ill and desperate to return to her life outside and, though baffled, N agrees to help her. But in a world where everything's upside down, are they crazy to upset the system?

Who is mad? Who is sane? Who decides? Welcome to the Dorothy Fish, a hospital in North London. N has been a patient for thirteen years. Day after day she sits smoking in the common room and swapping medication. Like the other patients, N's ambition is never to be discharged. Then in walks Poppy Shakespeare in a short skirt and snakeskin heels. Poppy is certain she isn't mentally ill and desperate to return to her life outside and, though baffled, N agrees to help her. But in a world where everything's upside down, are they crazy enough to upset the system?

Clare Allan was the winner of the first Orange/Harpers short-story prize. She lives in London. This is her first novel.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.3.2007
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10	0-7475-8584-9 / 0747585849
ISBN-13	978-0-7475-8584-8 / 9780747585848
Zustand	Neuware