Hot stew : a novel / Fiona Mozley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mozley, Fiona, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--Fiction.

Social classes.

Property--Moral and ethical aspects.

Property.

Social stratification.

Social stratification--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations.

Neighbors--Fiction.

Neighbors.

Real estate development--Fiction.

Real estate development.

Property--Moral and ethical aspects--Fiction.

London (England)--Fiction.

London (England).

Genre:

Fiction.

Urban fiction.

Social problem fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Physical Description:

311 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.

Summary:

"Pungent, steamy, insatiable Soho; the only part of London that truly never sleeps. Tourists dawdling, chancers skulking, addicts shuffling, sex workers strutting, punters prowling, businessmen striding, the homeless and the lost. Down Wardour Street, ducking onto Dean Street, sweeping into L'Escargot, darting down quiet back alleyways, skirting dumpsters and drunks, emerging on to raucous main roads, fizzing with energy and riotous with life.On a corner, sits a large townhouse, the same as all its neighbours. But this building hosts a teeming throng of rich and poor, full from the basement right up to the roof terrace. Precious and Tabitha call the top floors their home but it's under threat; its billionaire-owner Agatha wants to kick the women out to build expensive restaurants and luxury flats. Men like Robert, who visit the brothel, will have to go elsewhere. Those like Cheryl, who sleep in the basement, will have to find somewhere else to hide after dark. But the women won't go quietly. Soho is their turf and they are ready for a fight."--Publisher.

ISBN:

9781643751559

1643751557

OCLC:

1159045144