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The English Harem is the story of Tracy Pringle who begins the book daydreaming at the checkout till of Sainsburys. Fired suddenly for watching an old lady shop lift she tries her luck as a waitress at a Persian restaurant. Her father thinks shes turned to prostitution and Sam, the restaurant owner is bewildered by the arrival of the unsuitably dressed Miss Pringle at his establishment. But Sam has problems of his own, reconciling his vegetarianism with his familys tradition of working in the butcher trade in Iran. The longer Tracy works the more involved she gets with Sam, his two wives and the complicated menu....
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Anthony McCarten was born in New Plymouth in 1961. He is New Zealand's leading director and playright. His most recent play, Ladies Night is in its thirteenth year and has won several awards. He has written the screenplay for his first book, Spinners which was received to wide critical acclaim and sold in several territories. He divides his time between Wellington. LA and London. He is currently working on his new novel.
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"McCarten's novel hovers between indignant satire and engaging comedy of manners while sounding a clarion call against the bigotry and intolerance in our society." Sunday Times
"Everyone who reads McCarten’s generous, humane, funny, and moving novel will come away enriched." Timothy Mo, author, The Redundancy of Courage
"Anthony McCarten dares to speak of English multiculturalism in the satirical tongue that most native writers keep mute." The Observer
"Everyone who reads McCarten’s generous, humane, funny, and moving novel will come away enriched." Timothy Mo, author, The Redundancy of Courage
"Anthony McCarten dares to speak of English multiculturalism in the satirical tongue that most native writers keep mute." The Observer
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- PublisherPan Macmillan
- ISBN 10 0330488554
- ISBN 13 9780330488556
- BindingPaperback
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