The Lubetkin Legacy Av Marina Lewycka

<p><b>'Lively . . . a joy to read' - <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize</b><br><br><b>From the bestselling author of <i>A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian</i></b><br><br>North London in the twenty-first century: a place where a son will swiftly adopt an old lady and take her home from hospital to impersonate his dear departed mother, rather than lose the council flat.<br><br>A time of golden job opportunities, though you might have to dress up as a coffee bean or work as an intern at an undertaker or put up with champagne and posh French dinners while your boss hits on you.<br><br>A place rich in language - whether it's Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian, Swahili or buxom housing officers talking managementese.<br><br>A place where husbands go absent without leave and councillors sacrifice cherry orchards at the altar of new builds.<br><br>Marina Lewycka is back in this hilarious, farcical, tender novel of modern issues and manners.</p>