Title: A far cry from Kensington
First published: 1988
Description: Set in 1954, this is a tale narrated by one Mrs Agnes Hawkins, a plump, forthright and no-nonsense young war widow. Nancy (as she is called) is the calm at the center of the perennial storm in the offices of a struggling London publishing house in the difficult years  after WWII. At work and at her seedy boarding house she is involved with a cast of characters ranging from the charmingly useless to the downright unhinged; included an author she rejects and who tries to revenge himself through a quack science known as "radionics" (use of radio waves to influence health).
Subjects: Literature publishing, Women editors, Publishers and publishing, Fiction, Widows, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Satire, England, fiction, London (england), fiction, Fiction, general, Englisch, Roman, Audio Adult: Books On Tape, Unabridged Audio - Fiction/General
Places: London (England)