Kiss Myself Goodbye
The Many Lives of Aunt Munca
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Kiss Myself Goodbye
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Narrated by:
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Paul Blezard
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By:
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Ferdinand Mount
About this listen
'Grimly funny and superbly written, with a twist on every page' – Hilary Mantel
'Delightfully compulsive and unforgettably original' – Hadley Freeman
‘Wonderful, funny and wise’ – Kate Summerscale
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2021
A SUNDAY TIMES, TLS, SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
Aunt Munca never told the truth about anything. Calling herself after the mouse in a Beatrix Potter story, she was already a figure of mystery during the childhood of her nephew Ferdinand Mount. Half a century later, a series of startling revelations sets him off on a tortuous quest to find out who this extraordinary millionairess really was.
What he discovers is shocking and irretrievably sad, involving multiple deceptions, false identities and abandonments. The story leads us from the back streets of Sheffield at the end of the Victorian age to the highest echelons of English society between the wars.
An unconventional tale of British social history told backwards, now published with new material discovered by the author about his eccentric aunt, Kiss Myself Goodbye is both an enchanting personal memoir and a voyage into a vanished moral world©2020 Ferdinand Mount (P)2020 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Critic Reviews
"Grimly funny and superbly written, with a twist on every page." (Hilary Mantel)
"Delightfully compulsive and unforgettably original." (Hadley Freeman)
What listeners say about Kiss Myself Goodbye
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Richard
- 23-12-2020
Unusual
After listening to this book I am not sure how I feel about it. It is unusual in that it seems to be one of the best cover up story. Incredibly well researched I feel I don’t really understand how one person could get away with so many lies. Saying that Donald Trump is a living example of the biggest fraudsters of all time. The bigger the lies the more people believe.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 13-09-2021
Boring, overwritten with an annoying narrator
This is such a frustrating book. By chapter three I just want the crib notes. Feels that the entire story could be told in a few thousand words. Story almost as annoying as narrator's pompous voice. Didn't last long enough to find out about the Aunt. Couldn't give a toss by Chapter 4.
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