Results for: books tagged ‘Gossip’
The Hotel in Amsterdam: John Osborne
Six London friends, whose lives and work are overshadowed by a demanding film producer, flee the country for a weekend to escape his clutches.Safely ensconced in a hotel in Amsterdam, ... More
The Book of Whispers: Julie O'Callaghan
In The Book of Whispers, Julie O'Callaghan has written a book to delight young teenagers and adults alike, painting a three-dimensional account of adolescent life at school, at home, or ... More
Dennis Potter: Humphrey Carpenter
Dennis Potter’s death in 1994 deprived British television of its most controversial figure. Potter was a prolific writer of genius. Yet while his subversive television plays, such as Pennies from ... More
Jinxed: Sara Lawrence
'Stagmount is no Mallory Towers. Come to that, it makes St Trinian's look like a convent for model nuns ... Naughty and giggly.' Daily Mail More
Upon Several Occasions: Elizabeth Berridge
Elizabeth Berridge was an author much-admired by fellow authors - Deborah Moggach, Diana Athill, Francis King, to name just three. We're delighted then to have a number of her books in Faber Finds, including Touch and Go and Upon Several Occasions - two books that, as the author herself explains, complement each other very well. More
The Age of Scandal: T. H. White
This amusing foray into eighteenth-century literature is an entertaining tabloid biography of an age not unlike our own; men and women of fashion led their lives under the avid scrutiny ... More
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?: Robin Dunbar
Why do men talk, women gossip, and which is better for you? A revelatory book on evolutionary psychology and the quirks of human nature. More
Enter Rumour: Robert Bernard Martin
The common perception of Britain's Victorian era as one of strict and strait-laced conformity has long been subject to rebuttal, and Robert Bernard Martin's Enter Rumour (1962) was an early ... More