Two Serious Ladies Av Jane Bowles

<p>''My favourite book. I can''t think of a modern novel that seems more likely to become a classic'' <b>Tennessee Williams</b><br>''The book I give as a gift . . . It feels like giving someone an exotic fruit'' <b>Sheila Heti</b><br><b>''</b>A modern legend . . . A very funny writer'' <b>Truman Capote</b><br>''Profoundly witty, genuinely unusual in its apprehensions, and bracingly, humanely true'' <b>Claire Messud</b><br><br><i><b>I am going on a trip. Wait until I tell you about it. it''s terrible.</b></i><br><br>Miss Goering, an eccentric, impulsive New York heiress, resides in her house and tries not to be unhappy.<br><br>Mrs Copperfield, an anxious, dutiful married woman, has a great fear of drowning, of lifts, of intruders in the night. <br><br>Two serious ladies, nothing is natural for them and anything is possible.<br><br>For Mrs Copperfield - a trip to Panama, where she abandons her husband for love of a local prostitute. For Miss Goering - a move to a squalid little house on