| Description |
vi, 432 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"First published in Great Britain 2020"--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Moving day -- Good Housekeeping -- He could afford it -- Stinker -- The natural death centre -- Sweetie pies -- A feeling for ice -- The girl in the attic -- Mrs Straus's devotion -- Did Jesus walk on water because he couldn't swim? -- Perfectly human -- Stinking rich -- My little lollipop -- Don't think about it -- Fashion as art -- It wasn't him, it was her -- XXX -- Mirror images -- My word, Miss Perkins -- The housekeeper of a world-shattering theory -- The Friendly spider programme -- Tunnel vision -- Not enjoying herself -- Staying awake -- The Khugistic scandal -- Toxic lozenges -- Never mainline -- Which one of you is Jesus? -- Zeitgeist man -- I haven't been nearly mad enough -- However I smell -- Post-its, push pins, pencils -- A diagnosis. |
| Summary |
Jenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own diagnosis with cancer. Her columns in the London Review of Books -- selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers, ranged from subjects as various as happiness, social psychology, self-absorption and cats -- have been described as 'virtuoso performances', and 'small masterpieces'. |
| Subject |
English essays -- 21st century.
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English essays.
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English essays.
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Essays.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Wilmers, Mary-Kay, writer of introduction.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Moving day.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Good Housekeeping.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
He could afford it.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Stinker.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Natural death centre.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Sweetie pies.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Feeling for ice.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Girl in the attic.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Mrs Straus's devotion.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Did Jesus walk on water because he couldn't swim?
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Perfectly human.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Stinking rich.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
My little lollipop.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Don't think about it.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
Fashion as art.
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Container of (work) : Diski, Jenny.
It wasn't him, it was her.
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Why did not you just do what you were told? |
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Why did you not just do what you were told? |
| ISBN |
9781526621900 (hardcover) |
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1526621908 (hardcover) |
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1526621940 |
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9781526621948 |
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