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The Lubetkin Legacy
  • Published: 5 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141932491
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368

The Lubetkin Legacy

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5 May 2016
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18 Apr 2017
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Hilarious new novel from the bestselling author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian

North London in the twenty-first century: a place where a son will swiftly adopt an old lady and take her home from hospital to impersonate his dear departed mother, rather than lose the council flat.

A time of golden job opportunities, though you might have to dress up as a coffee bean or work as an intern at an undertaker or put up with champagne and posh French dinners while your boss hits on you.

A place rich in language - whether it's Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian, Swahili or buxom housing officers talking managementese.

A place where husbands go absent without leave and councillors sacrifice cherry orchards at the altar of new builds.
  • Published: 5 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141932491
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368
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About the author

Marina Lewycka

Marina Lewycka was born of Ukrainian parents in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany, at the end of the war, and grew up in England. She teaches at Sheffield Hallam University. She is married, with a grown-up daughter, and lives in Sheffield. Her first novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, was translated into 28 languages and was also long listed for The Man Booker Prize 2005, short listed for The Orange Prize for Fiction 2005 and winner of the Bollinger Everyman prize for Comic Fiction 2005 and the Saga Award for Wit 2005. Her second novel Two Caravans is published in February 2007.
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Also by Marina Lewycka

The Good, the Bad and the Little Bit Stupid
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
A Shorter History of Tractors in Ukrainian with Handcuffs
Various Pets Alive And Dead
We Are All Made of Glue
Two Caravans
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
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Praise for The Lubetkin Legacy

Lively . . . a joy to read

The Times

Insightful, witty and engaging, painting a picture of modern Britain that will be at once recognizable and enlightening

Stylist ‘Book Wars’

Entertaining and timely

Evening Standard

Laugh-out-loud . . . [an] appealing, entertaining social comedy

Daily Express

Warmth, kindness and inclusivity lie at the core of all Lewycka's books, and are the keys to her popularity. [In The Lubetkin Legacy] she offers a heartfelt message about the vital importance of tolerance and community

Sunday Times

Hilarious . . . strong characters, lively pace and general feelgood tone . . . Don't leave it too long before treating yourself to this satisfying, easy read

My Weekly

Loved it to bits - it's so big-hearted, filled with such great characters and such cracking jokes, and, underneath it all, so very angry about the state of Britain today.

Deborah Moggach

If I could write something a tenth as funny as this I would die happy

Emma Beddington, author of We’ll Always Have Paris