In a darkly satiric novel about genetic engineering, insane asylums, and Christian evangelicalism, a woman discovers her gynecologist husband has been experimenting on her in order to develop the perfect baby, and plans her revenge. A first novel.
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Review:
‘A sparky, sparkling, excellent novel. I just loved it’ -- Fay Weldon
‘An assured, hilarious and insightful novel ... you’re carried on a crazy journey you won’t be sorry you took’ -- Time Out
‘Entertaining ... with a wickedly black sense of humour’ -- Observer
‘Very highly recommended ... Egg Dancing is a superb, sad comedy’ -- Scotland on Sunday
About the Author:
Liz Jensen is the author of Egg Dancing (long-listed for the Orange Prize), Ark Baby (shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and long-listed for the Orange Prize), The Paper Eater, War Crimes for the Home (long-listed for the Orange Prize), and The Ninth Life of Louis Drax, currently in development as a major motion picture by Anthony Minghella. She divides her time between Copenhagen and London.
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- PublisherOverlook Pr
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0879516453
- ISBN 13 9780879516451
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages282
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