Thong Nation

Thong Nation

by HenrySutton (Author)

Synopsis

Zara wants to do it in the Med. Alicia wants a Brazillian to please Mikey, Sally prefers the garden hose to Brian, and Catherine can only find satisafaction on the tennis court. Charlie and Dorothy's four over-sexed,grown-up daughters struggle to find fulfilment in Blair's skimpy Britain, as materialism is turned on its head and less becomes more. Deeply satirical, these linked, ultra brief short stories follow one extended family's fortunes and misfortunes over the course of a long hot summer. Zara is a fledgling rep for a failing holiday company Majorcan Dreams. Alicia is a teacher at a grossly under-funded inner-city primary school, and hooked up with seedy boyfriend Mikey. Sally has just been made redundant from her high paying IT job, and wishes hubby Brian was ten times more exciting. And Catherineis a very cross single mum. Thong nation's horribly sticky climax comes at golf-mad Charlie's not so suprise 70th birthday party when all the family, and a few uninvited guests, have gathered in a supposedly luxury seaside villa.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Main
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 09 Jun 2005

ISBN 10: 1852428945
ISBN 13: 9781852428945

Media Reviews
A series of extremely funny short stories about four over-sexed sisters -- B Magazine ?Henry Sutton has always had a knack for squeezing the national zeitgeist into his books. His latest will, I suspect, give rise to an exclamation rendering the old ?Damnation!? obsolete. ?Thongnation! (not in polite use): expression of outrag * scathing and hilarious.?? Geoff Dyer *
Author Bio
Henry Sutton was born in Norfolk in 1963, and lived there until he was 18. Since then he has lived mainly in south London. When not writing fiction he works as a journalist. He's written for most national newspapers and many magazines, covering the arts, books, travel and lifestyle.