Lovedale by Fiona Padfield
Lovedale by Fiona Padfield
After her father’s brutal murder, Lara flees India for rural Wales to avoid testifying in court. She sets up a new life living under an assumed name until Ricky, local mechanic and Rhondda-mafioso, appears.
Ricky has been digging. He knows who Lara really is and promises to redeem her father’s reputation. But at what cost?
Reviews for Fiona’s previous work:
The language is obscene, the images revoltingly explicit; its strength springs from its refusal to portray the stripper as a victim…” Georgina Brown | THE INDEPENDENT
“…a highly dangerous but courageous piece of writing…” TOM CONTI
Padfield shows an intelligent awareness of the issues she broaches. The cruel realities of life are vividly portrayed in the tense and confused relationships Lynne Walker | THE INDEPENDENT
Her grasp of the absurd and her meticulous eye for detail pay off…” Joe Penhall | TOOTING GUARDIAN
Jo ushers us into the seedy club world by telling us, as if in amused conversation, of her first audition. She researches her act – and displays fine observational wit – in a loutish pub “one of those places you wouldn’t fancy going anywhere near the loo…” Nick Curtis | EVENING STANDARD
There is some striking writing here, ranging from unflinching accounts of the unglamorous nitty-gritty of the job through accurately captured inarticulacies and into the more poetic realms. Kate Bassett | THE TIMES