Jumping the Queue [Paperback]

MARY WESLEY (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: BLACK SWAN (1994)
• ASIN: B000G8E5K2
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,561,989 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mary Wesley, recently passed on, great writer, January 17, 2003

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Arlene Herring "ekelks" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jumping the Queue (King Penguin) (Paperback)

The marvelous Mary Wesley passed away a few weeks ago. She was 90. She did not begin publishing until she reached her 70's. She wrote witty social comedy with depth and tenderness and could spin a wicked plot. This was her first novel. I had the pleasure of discovering her when Arts & Entertainment, a TV station, broadcast "Harnessing Peacocks," which was my favorite of her novels. I binged on her work in the 90's, reading one after another. Now that she's gone, I shall reread them all.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Odd tale ends with a surprise., March 8, 2001

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Helen Collins "Helen" (PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jumping the Queue (King Penguin) (Paperback)

Jumping the Queue is an unusually crafted story that begins with Matilda Poliport's attempt to end her life thwarted by timing, a non-event which sets the tone for the whole tale. Mary Wesley describes Matilda's environs with exquisite word pictures: her cottage, her neighbors, town. When matricide Hugh Warner stumbles into Matilda's life, things take an interesting turn, and they keep turning that way till the end. Jumping the Queue is an extraordinary story whose ending surprised me, and I'm hard to fool.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want to read it again, October 21, 2003

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Tamar Simchi (Israel, Netanya) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jumping the Queue (King Penguin) (Paperback)

I read this about ten years ago and loved it. It's funny in a mad way all the way through (or at least that's how I remember it) except for the ending which really did upset me - in a forgiving kind of way.

Easy read, great plot and highly recommended.