A Curious Friendship
26 March 2015Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
I loved A Curious Friendship. Anna Thomasson, in her first book, has brilliantly captured this strange coterie.' Sir Roy Strong
The winter of 1924: Edith Olivier, alone for the first time at the age of 51, thought her life had come to an end. For Rex Whistler, a 19-year-old art student, life was just beginning. They were to start an...
Details
26 March 2015324 pages
9781447245551Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A Curious Friendship tells the story of Rex Whistler and Edith Olivier with haunting novelistic intensity - a remarkable first book.Observer Best Books of 2015
I loved A Curious Friendship. Anna Thomasson, in her first book, has brilliantly captured this strange coterie.Sir Roy Strong
Provides a window on to a fascinating world, and the story is narrated with elegant verveLara Feigel, Guardian
Thoroughly researched, with elegant prose and a glittering cast of characters, Thomasson's account merges Victorian sensibilities with the raucous Jazz Age, giving the reader the best of both worlds.Lyndsy Spence, The Lady
