Janet Frame — The Adaptable Man
Random House NZ 1993 Paperback 257 Electricity is coming to Little Burgelstatham, cottages are being modernised and the Overspill from London is starting to encroach on the village. While some would rather live in the past, Muriel Baldry welcomes the coming of electricity, as she can now hang her Venini Chandelier and organise adapting to the twentieth century demand darker needs?This is a vividly portrayed and poetic novel with a beautifully balanced sense of the ridiculous. Good