by Jilly Cooper · Bantam Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780593052983
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«Wicked!» is the humour and romance novel by Jilly Cooper, published by Bantam Press in paperback (846 pages, in English).
The headteacher of Larkminster's state school, Janna Curtis, tries to save her school from ruin. The charismatic head of the elite Bagley Hall school, Hengist Brett-Taylor, proposes sharing the facilities: the idea fails to convince the parents, while the students take advantage of it to sow chaos in the peaceful town.
Wicked! is the eighth novel in the Rutshire Chronicles series and was nominated for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize in 2006.
Aimed at readers of contemporary romance and British comedy, with glamorous characters and romantic entanglements.
Dame Jilly Cooper was an English author and journalist, best known for her long-running Rutshire Chronicles series. She began her career in journalism and published several works of non-fiction, including books on class, animals and marriage, before turning to fiction. Her first book was How to Stay Married, which was published in 1969. She published several collections of journalism, alongside other non-fiction volumes throughout much of her career. Cooper's first novel to be published was the romance Emily, which appeared in 1975 and was followed by five more, as well as a volume of short stories. Cooper was also an anthologist and wrote the Little Mabel series of children's books.
