by governesses and later at a girls boarding-school in Bray, Co. Wexford where the family house, purchased in 1912, was burnt in the Troubles rebuilt nearby ed. of Walter Skrine and Agnes Nesta Shakespeare Higginson brought up in Co. 22 April 1904, at Ryston Cottage, Newbridge, Co. Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy., * ' Molly Keaners"s Good Behaviour is a remarkablenovel, beautifully written, brilliant in its original idea and everypage a pleasure to read. a technically remarkable work, as sharp as a blade. He's just full ofdelight - it just bubbles out of him' SUNDAY HERALD * 'Indeed, theeffort involved would have been justified by just one of them, THENO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY' Gerald Kaufman, Chairman of the 1999BOOKER Prize Jury * 'A rare pleasure' DAILY TELEGRAPH * 'A publishingphenomenon' GUARDIAN, An extraordinary tour de force of fictional presentation. JAMES *'The very best of Anglo-Irish writing' CLARE BOYLAN, * 'Adjoa Andoh reads like a dream' GUARDIAN* 'Everything about is appealing. JAMES*'The very best of Anglo-Irish writing' CLARE BOYLAN* 'An extra, * 'An extraordinary tour de force' VOGUE * 'A masterpiece' BOOKSELLER * 'A fine novel, wickedly alive' VICTORIA GLENDINNING, SUNDAY TIMES * 'Enchanting' EDNA O'BRIEN, OBSERVER * 'A remarkable novel, beautifully written, brilliant in its original idea and every page a pleasure to read.
A witty, black comedy of manners, GOOD BEHAVIOUR is a memorable novel by an Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen., ** 'An extraordinary tour de force' VOGUE ** 'A masterpiece'BOOKSELLER ** 'A fine novel, wickedly alive' VICTORIA GLENDINNING,SUNDAY TIMES ** 'Enchanting' EDNA O'BRIEN, OBSERVER ** 'May wellbecome a classic among English novels' NEW YORK TIMES ** 'The verybest of Anglo-Irish writing' CLARE BOYLAN, * ' Molly Keane's Good Behaviour is a remarkable novel,beautifully written, brilliant in its original idea and every page apleasure to read.
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