Love in a Cold Climate
by:
Nancy Mitford (author)
Nancy Mitford's Love in a Cold Climate is a wickedly funny satire, brilliantly lampooning upper-class society. When Polly, a beautiful aristocrat, declares her love for her married, lecherous uncle - who also happens to be her mother's former lover - she sparks off a scandal that has both...
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Nancy Mitford's Love in a Cold Climate is a wickedly funny satire, brilliantly lampooning upper-class society. When Polly, a beautiful aristocrat, declares her love for her married, lecherous uncle - who also happens to be her mother's former lover - she sparks off a scandal that has both disastrous and delicious consequences. Love in a Cold Climate is an unforgettable tale of the absurdities and obsessions of the elite.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141037448 (014103744X)
Publish date: 2008
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 248
Edition language: English
Series: Radlett & Montdore (#2)
In pains me to admit this, but perhaps I don't really get satire. I mean, I get what satire is, I can recognise it when I see it, but I don't know...I think I'm missing some small point that would allow me to revel in it. I'm a bit flummoxed on how to review Love in a Cold Climate. I really enjo...
After thoroughly devouring its predecessor, [b:The Pursuit of Love|835458|The Pursuit of Love|Nancy Mitford|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1178768641s/835458.jpg|821072], I dove straight into this one without even looking at the back. Which turns out was a good thing, as the back of book descriptions ...
Please see my article at: http://www.suite101.com/content/nancy-mitfords-most-famous-novels-a381486
a fluff, a something of nothing, that is so very dated and non-funny.
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