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The Queen In Hell Close by Sue Townsend
Nov. 28th, 2011 10:58 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Whether in the guise of a 13¾-year-old adolescent, a transvestite PM or the Queen reduced to living on a council estate, Sue Townsend has been brilliantly satirizing British life for more than twenty years. Penguin publish all of Townsend’s hilarious Adrian Mole books and The Queen in Hell Close is an extract from The Queen And I, a brilliant acerbic take on a Royal Family in dire straights.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Even in 2007, this extract from Sue Townsend’s 1992 satire, THE QUEEN AND I, would have been outdated, with its positing of Diana and Charles still married albeit in a world where Britain in is a republic and the Royal Family forced to live on a council estate. Because it’s so dated and because the writing uses such broad brush strokes (except perhaps in relation to the Queen herself, who Townsend portrays with affection) there wasn’t enough here to entice me to buy the main novel.
Whether in the guise of a 13¾-year-old adolescent, a transvestite PM or the Queen reduced to living on a council estate, Sue Townsend has been brilliantly satirizing British life for more than twenty years. Penguin publish all of Townsend’s hilarious Adrian Mole books and The Queen in Hell Close is an extract from The Queen And I, a brilliant acerbic take on a Royal Family in dire straights.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Even in 2007, this extract from Sue Townsend’s 1992 satire, THE QUEEN AND I, would have been outdated, with its positing of Diana and Charles still married albeit in a world where Britain in is a republic and the Royal Family forced to live on a council estate. Because it’s so dated and because the writing uses such broad brush strokes (except perhaps in relation to the Queen herself, who Townsend portrays with affection) there wasn’t enough here to entice me to buy the main novel.
