{"product_id":"9780349018485","title":"Tipping The Velvet","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Waters, Sarah \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 May 2024 by Little, Brown Book Group (Virago Press Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the VMC' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 480 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 34 | 382g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the oyster huts of Whitstable to the music halls of Victorian London, Tipping the Velvet is the glorious first novel from this much-loved author'Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen.'A saucy, sensuous and multi-layered historical romance, Tipping the Velvet follows the glittering career of Nan King - oyster girl turned music-hall star turned rent boy turned East End 'tom'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Erotic and absorbing... Written with startling power' New York Times Book Review'An unstoppable read, a sexy and picaresque romp through the lesbian and queer demi-monde of the roaries Nineties' Independent on Sunday'Waters is an extremely confident writer, combining precise, sensuous descriptions with irony and wit' Observer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45950880907504,"sku":"9780349018485","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780349018485.jpg?v=1715441292","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9780349018485","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}