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product_id: 53119016
title: "The Lubetkin Legacy"
brand: "marina lewycka"
price: "€ 16.27"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 8
category: "Books"
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region: Italy
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# The Lubetkin Legacy

**Brand:** marina lewycka
**Price:** € 16.27
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Lubetkin Legacy by marina lewycka
- **How much does it cost?** € 16.27 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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        			Lively . . . a joy to read (The Times)Insightful, witty and engaging, painting a picture of modern Britain that will be at once recognizable and enlightening. (Stylist &#x2018;Book Wars&#x2019;)Entertaining and timely (Evening Standard)Laugh-out-loud . . . [an] appealing, entertaining social comedy. (Daily Express)Warmth, kindness and inclusivity lie at the core of all Lewycka&apos;s books, and are the keys to her popularity. [In The Lubetkin Legacy] she offers a heartfelt message about the vital importance of tolerance and community. (Sunday Times)Hilarious . . . strong characters, lively pace and general feelgood tone . . . Don&apos;t leave it too long before treating yourself to this satisfying, easy read. (My Weekly)Loved it to bits - it&apos;s so big-hearted, filled with such great characters and such cracking jokes, and, underneath it all, so very angry about the state of Britain today. (Deborah Moggach)If I could write something a tenth as funny as this I would die happy. (Emma Beddington, author of We&#x2019;ll Always Have Paris)
				    	
			    	
        		  
        		  
        	
          
              
        	  	  About the Author
        	  
        	  
        		  
        			Marina Lewycka&apos;s first novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, has sold more than a million copies in the UK alone and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, longlisted for the Man Booker and won the Bollinger Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction and the Waverton Good Read Award. Her other novels are Two Caravans, We Are All Made of Glue and Various Pets Alive and Dead. Marina Lewycka lives in Sheffield.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Madcap and rambling
  

*by A***R on 28 November 2017*









  
  
    The Lubetkin Legacy is another mad sprawling story from Marina Lewycka.  Berthold lives with his elderly mother in Madeley Court, a tower block built by the celebrated architect Lubetkin.  She is adamant that Berthold should not lose the flat when she dies so he enlists Inna, his mother's neighbour in the hospital ward in a madcap scheme to impersonate his mother so he can inherit the tenancy. Intertwined with Berthold's story is that of Violet, a young woman temporarily living in the flat next door who has just started a job with a large insurance firm.  These two threads mingle, but never completely cohere - it does feel a bit like there are two separate books trying to get out.It's a rambling farce of a story, populated by characters from every corner of the globe.  Underlying it all though is a thread of anger  - at the bedroom tax, at benefit sanctions, about corruption, zero hours contracts, the exploitation of the poor.It's all quite bonkers and great fun, but it's also a bit rambling and confused.  Good, but not her best.
  


### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Ukrainian games again
  

*by B***Y on 24 September 2016*









  
  
    I have loved Lewycka's previous books but I was a bit disappointed in this one. We follow various characters but I never really got a hold and liked any of them. The Ukrainian woman seems to be dragged din just to provide  us with humour. And what , of what happened at the end- suddenly everything neatly tied up with no real character involvement. Did the author just think- help done enough pages now? Especially from the Keyan angle, I won't spoil it. Its readable but disappointing.
  


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    A Good Read
  

*by J***2 on 25 June 2017*









  
  
    I love Marina Lewycka books. I love her style of writing and this does not disappoint. Bertie adopts an old lady in hospital after his mother dies, in order to hang on to his council flat. Of course, nothing goes smoothly and the result is a very funny story!
  


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