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'Queen of social satire Mavis Cheek delivers another warm and witty romp ... a beautiful and intelligent read' --Good Housekeeping, June 2011
'A comic delight ... sparkling entertainment'
--Woman & Home, June 2011
`Lively, sunny, positive, this is a real cheerer-upper of a book. You'll love it.' --Daily Mail
`... the author unleashes her comic talents to the full' --Sunday Times
`Queen of social satire Mavis Cheek delivers another warm and witty romp with The Lovers of Pound Hill... A beautiful and intelligent read.' --Good Housekeeping
`sparkling entertainment'
--Woman & Home
Lively, sunny, positive, this is a real cheerer-upper of a book. You'll love it. --Daily Mail
The author unleashes her comic talents to the full --Sunday Times
A witty tale in which the author exposes the readers to a host of delightful characters --Irish News
Many books are advertised as being funny but few live up to the hype . . . The Lovers of Pound Hill is genuinely witty and very, very clever . . . satire at its best.
--Bookbag
'A comic delight ... sparkling entertainment'
--Woman & Home, June 2011
`Lively, sunny, positive, this is a real cheerer-upper of a book. You'll love it.' --Daily Mail
`... the author unleashes her comic talents to the full' --Sunday Times
`Queen of social satire Mavis Cheek delivers another warm and witty romp with The Lovers of Pound Hill... A beautiful and intelligent read.' --Good Housekeeping
`sparkling entertainment'
--Woman & Home
Lively, sunny, positive, this is a real cheerer-upper of a book. You'll love it. --Daily Mail
The author unleashes her comic talents to the full --Sunday Times
A witty tale in which the author exposes the readers to a host of delightful characters --Irish News
Many books are advertised as being funny but few live up to the hype . . . The Lovers of Pound Hill is genuinely witty and very, very clever . . . satire at its best.
--Bookbag
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A comic romp set in the English countryside from bestselling novelist Mavis Cheek
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read the review for this book in the Current Archaeology magazine! It appeared to be an archaeological investigation of a chalk hill figure, a gnome with an enormous appendage. The author had a "Victoria Wood" way of telling the story through the characters of the villagers, who lived below the "gnome" on the hill.The story begins with a trendy, young female archaeologist arriving to complete her Grandfathers work. I chuckled and giggled all through this book,and enjoyed the archaeologly too,it's got romance,humour and a lovely ending.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Good story but far too long winded. Not up to the standard of her first novels which were zippy, funny & tight knit.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I've read most of Mavis Cheek's books and enjoyed most of them. Here previous book Truth to tell was typical of her style: a witty take on relationships between men and women. The Lovers of Pound Hill is quite different in style: more like a farce with caricatures instead of people that one can identify with let alone sympathize with. There are also so many characters that I kept having to remind myself who these two-dimensional people were. The narrative is all over the place flitting from person to person and the humour seems laboured rather than Mavis Cheek's usual sparkling wit.
Only after about 70 pages of introducing the multitude of characters does the story start to get going and a very slow story it is. The book is much longer than is usual for the author and I found it a long slog to finish it.
The gist of the story is that there is a large figure cut into Pound Hill rather like the Cern Abbey Giant (much is made of the figures potent fertility symbol) and the grand-daughter of an archeologist who first excavated the site comes back to do further work. See gets involved with all the different couples/lovers/would-be lovers in the adjoining village. She makes a certain discovery and all well that ends well. That's about it. I was disappointed by the book.
Only after about 70 pages of introducing the multitude of characters does the story start to get going and a very slow story it is. The book is much longer than is usual for the author and I found it a long slog to finish it.
The gist of the story is that there is a large figure cut into Pound Hill rather like the Cern Abbey Giant (much is made of the figures potent fertility symbol) and the grand-daughter of an archeologist who first excavated the site comes back to do further work. See gets involved with all the different couples/lovers/would-be lovers in the adjoining village. She makes a certain discovery and all well that ends well. That's about it. I was disappointed by the book.
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A pleasure to savour
A wonderful read - insightful, comic, moving and farcical in turn. One reviewer says the book is too long. Too Long!!! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Janet B
Mavis Cheek at her very best...
'Mavis Cheek you are a genius! 'The Lovers of Pound Hill' is FANTASTIC! I'm slowly advancing (I limit myself to 5 pages a time in order to savour)... Read more
Published 12 months ago by SamanthaG
Mavis is on form.
I disagree with the review that said Mavis Cheek's previous novel, Truth to Tell is more like her other work. Read more
Published 12 months ago by K. Jordan
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