After a mix-up at the job agency, respectable but imminently homeless Miss P arrives at the home of the beautiful, racy Miss La Fosse and finds herself caught up in a world of cheroots, cocaine, glamour and cads. I gave this to a friend who said, 'I finished it on a sigh and smile; what more can you ask for?' What more indeed?
Rescued from out-of print obscurity by Persephone (whose entire list is well worth a read) the illustrated edition is sublime - witty line drawings with a charm all of their own. The benchmark for adorable, witty, love-this-til-the-day-I-die literature. I don't wish to overhype the 'Grew as nothing is more off-putting to a potential reader, but she is special enough to warrant the creation of the Pettigrew Award which the Book Bandit will bestow on books of a similarly gorgeous ilk. So if you love Miss P, simply click on the 'Pettigrew Award' tag at the bottom of this post and it'll take you to a very carefully-screened selection of books that are perfect for curling up with on those days you just want to escape somewhere wonderful for a while.
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