Orchid & the wasp
Hughes, Caoilinn, 1985-2019
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'Orchid & the Wasp' brings to life the charged, compulsive voice of Gael Foess - daughter of a self-interested investment banker and a once-formidable orchestral conductor, and sister to a vulnerable younger brother - as she strives to build a life raft in the midst of economic and familial collapse. Moving by wits alone, Gael cuts a swathe through the leather-lined, coke-dusted social clubs of London, the New York gallery scene and birth-throes of the Occupy movement. Written in heart-stoppingly vivid prose, this modern-day Bildungsroman chews through sexuality, class and contemporary politics and crackles with joyful fury and anarchic gall.
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Orchid & the wasp / Caoilinn Hughes.
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Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2019.
Collation:
341 pages ; 20 cm
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Originally published: 2018.
ISBN:
9781786074997 (pbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
English
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BRN:
2726623
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