Hilarious, poignant and frequently surreal, Small Holdings is a is a comedy of errors from a neglected corner of everyday life by the brilliantly unconventional Nicola Barker. An attractive park in Palmers Green plays host to Phil, a chronically shy gardener who feels truly at home only with his plants. He and his gentle colleague Ray, a man with all the sense of a Savoy cabbage, are tortured by Doug, their imposing and unpredictable supervisor, and a malevolent one-legged ex-museum curator called Saleem. In love with the truck-obsessed Nancy, Phil strives nobly to maintain his equilibrium despite being systematically mystified, brutalised, drugged, derided and seduced. But when he loses his eyebrows, he decides to fight back.
| ISBN: | 9780007436040 |
| Publication date: | 28th April 2011 |
| Author: | Nicola Barker |
| Publisher: | Fourth Estate Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 300 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Fantasy Humorous Fiction Contemporary lifestyle fiction Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Social issues |