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Description
THE GROUP follows eight graduates from exclusive Vassar College as they find love and heartbreak, forge careers, gossip and party in 1930s Manhattan. THE GROUP can be seen as the original SEX AND THE CITY. It is the first novel to frankly portray women's real lives, exploring subjects such as sex, contraception, motherhood and marriage.
The original SEX AND THE CITY. First published in 1963, THE GROUP, set in the 1930s, follows the lives of eight college friends as they begin their adult lives. 'A brilliant novel:honest, engaging and sharp as a tack' Sarah Waters
About the Author
Mary McCarthy (1912-1989) was born in Seattle, Washington. She was a short-story writer, bestselling novelist, essayist and an art critic. She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and won the National Medal for Literature and the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1984. Her debut novel, The Company She Keeps (1942), initiated her ascent to the most celebrated writers of her generation; the publication of her autobiography Memories of a Catholic Girlhood in 1957 bolstered this reputation. McCarthy wrote more than twenty-four books, including the now-classic novel The Group (1963). This was the New York Times Best Seller for two years. Monica Ali is a bestselling writer whose work has been translated into 26 languages. She is the author of five books: Brick Lane, Alentejo Blue, In the Kitchen, Untold Story and Love Marriage. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, in 2003 she was named as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. She has been nominated for, amongst others, the Booker Prize, the George Orwell Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and in the U.S. has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She lives in London. monicaali.com Candace Bushnell is the creator of SEX AND THE CITY and has been described by the Evening Standard as a 'genius'. The Observer compared her to Nancy Mitford and the Sunday Telegraph to 'Jane Austen with a Martini.'
Reviews
Absorbing, funny, painful . . . I consider it a masterpiece -- Hilary Mantel
Shocking, titillating, and acid-laced . . . the book still dazzles as a generational portrait, falters as fiction, and blighted McCarthy's life -- Laura Jacobs * Vanity Fair *
A brilliant novel: honest, engaging and sharp as a tack -- Sarah Waters
McCarthy's characters confront many of the same issues as their modern counterparts: sex and contraception, career and marriage, love and lust, fidelity to one's husband versus loyalty to one's friends and the attempt to carve out a place for oneself unconstrained by the gender limitations of previous generations. Its continuing relevance is one of the book's most extraordinary attributes -- Elizabeth Day * Guardian *
Few works of literature can genuinely be termed "ahead of their time" * The Times *
Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant * Cosmopolitan *
Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining * Sunday Times *
One of my favourite books ever -- India Knight
A woman of intellect and style -- Celia McGee * New York Times *
Her greatest novel . . . marvellous . . . a prophetic book which set the scene . . . for the novels of protest and liberation in the next decade * Independent *
Feels like discovering a thrilling secret. Its prose shows a master stylist at work, its aesthetics are striking - all ivory-tipped cigarettes, hand-pureed pate, Vassar socialists in dungarees - and it has a surprise queer romance that twists the whole narrative into new shape. It's my new standard for a summer read: lavish, hilarious, smart and mean, like a glamorous friend you're torn between fearing and crushing on -- Mikaella Clements
Scalpel-keen prose, honed on ruthless wit and insight * Observer *
She is a sparkler, a very funny, very savage moralist, and a brilliant mimic * Spectator *
This is the book which has aroused considerable advance speculation and well it might; it has a tremendous reader recognition . . . there cannot be much doubt that Mary McCarthy is an exceptional social satirist, with a jackdaw eye and an infallible ear * Kirkus Reviews *
McCarthy's dissection of this disparate group - highly educated but powerless in a world of men - is witty and merciless but tinged with sadness. * Daily Mail *
*'A brilliant novel:honest, engaging and sharp as a tack * Sarah Waters *
*'One of my favourite books ever * India Knight *
Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining * SUNDAY TIMES *
Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant * COSMOPOLITAN *
Book Information
ISBN 9781844085934
Author Mary McCarthy
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 355g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 129mm * 30mm
The original SEX AND THE CITY. First published in 1963, THE GROUP, set in the 1930s, follows the lives of eight college friends as they begin their adult lives. 'A brilliant novel:honest, engaging and sharp as a tack' Sarah Waters
About the Author
Mary McCarthy (1912-1989) was born in Seattle, Washington. She was a short-story writer, bestselling novelist, essayist and an art critic. She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and won the National Medal for Literature and the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1984. Her debut novel, The Company She Keeps (1942), initiated her ascent to the most celebrated writers of her generation; the publication of her autobiography Memories of a Catholic Girlhood in 1957 bolstered this reputation. McCarthy wrote more than twenty-four books, including the now-classic novel The Group (1963). This was the New York Times Best Seller for two years. Monica Ali is a bestselling writer whose work has been translated into 26 languages. She is the author of five books: Brick Lane, Alentejo Blue, In the Kitchen, Untold Story and Love Marriage. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, in 2003 she was named as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. She has been nominated for, amongst others, the Booker Prize, the George Orwell Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and in the U.S. has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She lives in London. monicaali.com Candace Bushnell is the creator of SEX AND THE CITY and has been described by the Evening Standard as a 'genius'. The Observer compared her to Nancy Mitford and the Sunday Telegraph to 'Jane Austen with a Martini.'
Reviews
Absorbing, funny, painful . . . I consider it a masterpiece -- Hilary Mantel
Shocking, titillating, and acid-laced . . . the book still dazzles as a generational portrait, falters as fiction, and blighted McCarthy's life -- Laura Jacobs * Vanity Fair *
A brilliant novel: honest, engaging and sharp as a tack -- Sarah Waters
McCarthy's characters confront many of the same issues as their modern counterparts: sex and contraception, career and marriage, love and lust, fidelity to one's husband versus loyalty to one's friends and the attempt to carve out a place for oneself unconstrained by the gender limitations of previous generations. Its continuing relevance is one of the book's most extraordinary attributes -- Elizabeth Day * Guardian *
Few works of literature can genuinely be termed "ahead of their time" * The Times *
Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant * Cosmopolitan *
Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining * Sunday Times *
One of my favourite books ever -- India Knight
A woman of intellect and style -- Celia McGee * New York Times *
Her greatest novel . . . marvellous . . . a prophetic book which set the scene . . . for the novels of protest and liberation in the next decade * Independent *
Feels like discovering a thrilling secret. Its prose shows a master stylist at work, its aesthetics are striking - all ivory-tipped cigarettes, hand-pureed pate, Vassar socialists in dungarees - and it has a surprise queer romance that twists the whole narrative into new shape. It's my new standard for a summer read: lavish, hilarious, smart and mean, like a glamorous friend you're torn between fearing and crushing on -- Mikaella Clements
Scalpel-keen prose, honed on ruthless wit and insight * Observer *
She is a sparkler, a very funny, very savage moralist, and a brilliant mimic * Spectator *
This is the book which has aroused considerable advance speculation and well it might; it has a tremendous reader recognition . . . there cannot be much doubt that Mary McCarthy is an exceptional social satirist, with a jackdaw eye and an infallible ear * Kirkus Reviews *
McCarthy's dissection of this disparate group - highly educated but powerless in a world of men - is witty and merciless but tinged with sadness. * Daily Mail *
*'A brilliant novel:honest, engaging and sharp as a tack * Sarah Waters *
*'One of my favourite books ever * India Knight *
Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining * SUNDAY TIMES *
Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant * COSMOPOLITAN *
Book Information
ISBN 9781844085934
Author Mary McCarthy
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 355g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 129mm * 30mm
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