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 · Philip Hensher is a columnist for The Independent, arts critic for the Spectator, and a Granta Best of Young British novelist. He has written seven novels, including The Mulberry Empire, King of the Badgers and the Booker-shortlisted TheNorthern Clemency, and one collection of short stories. He lives in South London and bltadwin.ru: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Philip Hensher is a columnist for the Independent, arts critic for the Spectator and a Granta Best of Young British novelist. He has written ten novels, including The Mulberry Empire, King of the Badgers and the Booker-shortlisted ‘The Northern Clemenc, and one collection of short stories. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University and lives in London/5(67).  · King of the Badgers by Philip Hensher – review. Philip Hensher aims for Victorian satire in this tale of orgies and kidnapping in a snobbish Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.

In the picturesque spot in England where Philip Hensher's novel is set, the cameras are on the residents. Sections. In truth, "King of the Badgers" is weirdly enjoyable, but it's the. With the dark hilarity and unflinching honesty of a modern-day Middlemarch, King of the Badgers demolishes the already fragile privacy of Hanmouth's inhabitants. These characters, exquisitely drawn and rawly human, proclaim Philip Hensher's status as an extraordinary chronicler of the domestic, and one of the world's most dazzling and ambitious. King of the Badgers by Philip Hensher - review Philip Hensher aims for Victorian satire in this tale of orgies and kidnapping in a snobbish seaside town Tim Adams.

Philip Hensher is a columnist for the Independent, arts critic for the Spectator and a Granta Best of Young British novelist. He has written ten novels, including The Mulberry Empire, King of the Badgers and the Booker-shortlisted ‘The Northern Clemenc, and one collection of short stories. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University and lives in London. bltadwin.ru: King of the Badgers () by Hensher, Philip and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Philip Hensher's "King of the Badgers" is a challenging, enjoyable, deftly written exploration of class and punishment in contemporary Britain. Set in a smug-beyond-belief Southern English enclave of PC behaviour and middle-class correctness, it manages to deal with tragedy and yet - on several occasions - be both amusing and enlightening.