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A Good Voyage (Hardcover)

by Katharine Davies (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Chatto & Windus (1 Jul 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0701176946
  • ISBN-13: 978-0701176945
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 591,707 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When her twin brother breaks a promise and returns to their childhood home in Sri Lanka on his own, Valentina decides that it's time to make some changes in her life. She cuts off her hair and takes a job as a gardener (although she'd prefer to be a writer) in a small town near the sea in Wales. And so the story takes us to Illerwick, an alluring, timeless place, and to the people who live there. Leo Spring, an eccentric musician, lives alone in Beech House with a once beautiful garden that has now become overgrown and wild. Valentina has come to help Leo restore the neglected garden to its former glory, and she soon falls in love with him. But Leo is consumed by his unrequited infatuation with Melody, the beautiful headmistress in mourning for her brother who leapt to his death from the cliffs. Mr Boase, the alcoholic and bullying deputy head, also holds a flame for Melody; and one of her pupils, Fitch, is another who daydreams about her. As summer draws near, and the garden is gradually transformed, Leo organises a garden party in an attempt to impress Melody. But on the night of the party, events come to a head and secret passions are revealed...


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From Twelfth Night to midsummer madness, a glittering tragi-comedy of unrequited love and misunderstandings.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting reworking of Shakespeare's comedy of love, 12 Jul 2005
By J. F. Bell "Julian Bell" (Twickenham, Middlesex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Katharine Davies has taken what should be one of the most implausible of Shakespeare's plots - Twelfth Night - and transmuted it to the present day with great success. What is most impressive is the delicate, perfectly judged way the plotting, and the writing, slides between the naturalistic and the fantastic. The characters are compelling, and loveable, and the setting of the small Welsh town seems at once edenic and terribly real. There is a gentle, summery, poetic feel to Davies's prose; yet the novel as a whole manages to be both seductive and disturbing. A truly original voice and a writer to watch.
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