- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Fourth Estate (4 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007183666
- ISBN-13: 978-0007183661
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,138,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Daily Mail
'...witty, romantic and irreverent...Inventive, funny and affecting, this is a story that is powerful without being mawkish.'
Observer
'Along with her whip-cracking dialogue, it is quirky images that are Murray's forte'
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a huge fan of Cold Comfort Farm i was intrigued to read this new writer's work and see how she could possibly have lived up to that perennial classic. Well.....i'm very pleased to say that she does and in spades. An original, imaginative voice shines through on every page with hilarious descrptions of life in rural England in the eighties and a whole host of wonderful characters.
Kate Happy is the most fantastic protagonist, her descriptions of her bizarre life are both fascinating and hilarious and Murray makes this child's voice shine through so perfectly.
A firm recommendation for reading groups as you can spend hours discussing who your favourite character was and which scene you loved best. I defy anyone not to roar with laughter at the scene with Aunt Reggie and the renactment of the Battle of Britain!
One of my favourite books of 2005, fingers crossed that Tiffany Murray writes another one soon.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Wonderfully funny, but with touches of Bruce Chatwin's On The Black Hill. Haven't enjoyed a book so much in a long time, clever yet thoroughly entertaining - the Happy family are very hard to forget. I can't recommend it enough. Brilliant.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I haven't got the time or space to express how much I loved reading Happy Accidents. By the end, I was slowing down to a snail's pace, so desperate was I not to finish it, knowing that then some colour would go out of my life. It is funny, touching, agonisingly reminiscent of the Eighties (I think I must be the same age as the author - 36 - because her memories are just too similar to my own)and wonderfully, vibrantly mad! I have now bought it for my mother, both sisters-in-law and about 14 friends. If you buy one book this year, make it Happy Accidents: you'll love it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Stunning dialogue
This novel sometimes reads like a script, the dialogue really is stunning.
Even though it's written in the first person, the secondary characters all have their specific... Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2005 by "info50002"
fantastic, more please!
This was a fantastic read - this girl's first-person is a treat. And yes I see the Cold Comfort Farm similarities, but what about Dodie Smith's 'I Capture the... Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2005 by "jenniejay4605"
a great read
I saw this book recommeded on the bookgroup website, read it over the summer and loved it.
Kate Happy's voice just had me laughing from the first page, a sort of modern Jane... Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2005 by Jayne Patrick
If you can read this you can read anything
I chose this book for my book club on the strength of some of the reviews by supposedly reputable reviewers - it's likening to the cult modern classic Cold Comfort Farm by Stella... Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2005 by Sarah Jane
More, please.
If you want to laugh, cry, cringe, applaude and marvel at some unique characters, this is for you. Murray has created a anarchic world where dogs are top dog and pink is the new... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2005
You can't get better than this
This humorous novel captures you from page one. Carefully crafted characters, a witty, unique voice and wonderful descriptions are just a few of the things that captivated me and... Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2004 by T. Pagel
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