The Fragments by Toni Jordan7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Wodehouse had satirised life in the suburbs. 'A new Toni Jordan is always a special pleasure and her latest is a wonderful, witty treat of a novel: cutting and clever, and yet so very romantic, as though P.G. But when her ex-husband Alec knocks on the door things suddenly get complicated. Then Craig enters through the bedroom window expecting a tryst with Caroline and finds Janice instead, Lesley storms in full of threats, Henry, Caroline and Martha arrive back from the airport in separate taxis - and let's not even get started on Brendan the pizza guy. And Janice, Caroline's sister, is staying for the weekend to look after the children because Janice is the sensible one. Craig and Lesley have dropped over from next door to catch up on the fallout from Henry and Caroline's all-night row. Caroline, having shredded a wardrobe-full of Henry's suits, has gone after them. I loved it.' - Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project Henry has ended his marriage to Caroline and run off with his daughter's teacher, Martha. Ze gingen met niet zomaar een Air Jordan aan de slag, maar met de geliefde Air Jordan 1. In dit geval zijn dat Jordan, Travis Scott en het Fragment Design van Hiroshi Fujiwara. It's rare to find a novel that keeps you laughing as this one does the characters are sharply drawn and frighteningly familiar and the story never stops throwing up surprises. Dit is een van die zeldzame sneakers waarop de regel van drieën van toepassing is: soms zijn drie creatieve breinen beter dan één. ![]()
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