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The English Harem (Paperback)

by Anthony McCarten (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Picador (11 Jan 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330488554
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330488556
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 986,391 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Everyone who reads McCarten's generous, humane, funny, and moving novel will come away enriched." - Timothy Mo "High farce laced with some acute observations on racial prejudice, bigotry, the strength of women's bonds, and an exploration of Islam" - Eve "Anthony McCarten dares to speak of English multiculturalism in the satirical tongue that most native writers keep mute" - Observer "Anthony McCarten's sparkling new novel manages to deal with big issues - cultural differences, religion, marriage - in a funny and often very moving way" - Dublin Sunday Tribune" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"McCarten's novel hovers between indignant satire and engaging
comedy of manners" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Each page is a delight, 30 May 2002
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Every now and again there is a book that is just a thoroughly good read, where you think 'This is so well written' and you want to read every word carefully. Anthony McCarten has achieved this with The English Harem. The prose is clever and enjoyable and the pictures and people are created deftly. Who could fail to like Tracey and Sam and even Eric and the boyfriend? This book cuts down our prejudices and tells us that people matter. Tracey the checkout girl falls for Sam who is fat, old and Iranian and has 2 wives. Sounds unlikely? It's amazing how you can fall right into their lives and love the 2 of them. Read it!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, funny and very very relevant to our times, 30 Jan 2002
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I have now read two of McCarten's books, and though I adored Spinners I find this book even more satisfying. It is embedded in more realism than its precedessor, and combines wit with piercing socialm commentary, pathos with profundity. You will fall in love with Tracy Pringle and Saaman Sahar, and their entire extended family, but my favourite character would have to be Tracy's dad, Eric, the limping clown of the piece whose love for his daughter invites so much tragedy. I predict that McCarten's is a major literary career in the making.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb and Extremely Timely Novel, 25 Sep 2006
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It is so good to see that this word of mouth hit - which proved so popular when my book club read and discussed it earlier this year - has slowly found its way onto the bestseller lists, and deservedly so, for it is a timely and superbly realised work of art that has much to say about the zeitgist -dreaded word - with much to savour and be grateful for. Most of our readers group found it superior to White Teeth and wonder why books like this, which have so much to say about modern Britain, don't appear on the Booker Prize lists. Go figure. Highly recommended.
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