biography
| sex:
| female
|
| lived:
| (1941– )
|
| biography:
| Novelist, born in Cape Town, South Africa. Disenchanted with the South African political situation, she emigrated to the UK in 1963. Her novels are influenced by the satirical wit of Shakespeare's comedies and by the dialogue of Jane Austen. They include Brother of the More Famous Jack (1982, Whitbread), Noah's Ark (1984), Temples of Delight (1990), Juggling (1994), The Travelling Hornplayer (1999), and Untitled Novel 1 (2000). She now lives in Oxford. |
|
|
