# A Far Cry From Kensington

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- Authors: [Muriel Spark](https://www.bookquiver.com/muriel-spark)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 1999-10-28

## Description

Mrs Hawkins, a fat young war widow worked for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher in 1950s London. Looking back on shady literary doings and a deadly enemy, anonymous letters, blackmail and suicide, the thin and successful Mrs Hawkins recalls how she came through it all.

## Editions

### A Far Cry From Kensington

- Publisher: virago
- ISBN: 978-03-4901-958-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2025-01-23
- Language: en_GB

### A Far Cry From Kensington

- Publisher: canongate
- ISBN: 978-08-5786-778-0
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2013-05-16
- Language: en_GB

### A Far Cry From Kensington

- Publisher: virago
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0553-049-1
- Published: 2013-05-09
- Language: en_GB

### A Far Cry From Kensington

- Publisher: virago
- ISBN: 978-18-4408-527-9
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2008-05-01
- Language: en_GB

### A Far Cry From Kensington

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4010-874-3
- Pages: 192
- Published: 1999-10-28
- Language: en_GB