Darcy's Utopia
by Fay Weldon
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0002233509
- ISBN 13
- 9780002233507
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London, England: Collins. Hardback. A new religion is born! Inspired by either God or the Devil, the scandalous Mrs. Eleanor Darcy details the future society of her imagination - an earthly paradise of peace, love and technological progress, where sex is plentiful and money does not exist. She sketches out these Utopian visions to journalists Hugo and Valerie - both married to others. Her charisma is so great that to their own astonishment the two of them abandon their families and set up home together in a Holiday Inn. 235 pp. . Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 1990.
Synopsis
Eleanor Darcy, a woman of marginal genealogy and looks that play better than they should, is married to the economist to whom the Prime Minister listens. Determined to rip apart the old order and start fresh, Eleanor becomes the serpent—or angel—who whispers utopian visions in Julian Darcy's ear. With the husband in jail for imperiling the financial structure of the nation, Eleanor grants exclusive interviews to two journalists, Hugo Vansitart and Valerie Jones. Though they seem more preoccupied with each other than with their elusive subject, their goal is the same: to capture the essence of Eleanor Darcy. Hugo is loking for truth and pragmatism in Eleanor's vision: Valerie is in quest of the woman's struggle. From their diverse portraits, Eleanor Darcy emerges, and so does her remarkable vision—complete with shockingly sensible ideas about child-rearing, abortion, education, integration, fundamentalism, economics—and, of course, a new twist on that old story of the sexes. Fay Weldon has once again skewered the conventions of modern society with wit and wisdom, shining her flashlight on the threadbare morals of modern life.
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- Title
- Darcy's Utopia
- Author
- Fay Weldon
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002233509
- ISBN 13
- 9780002233507
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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