V. S. Pritchett

V. S. Pritchett’s 1981 review of Rushdie’s breakout novel, “Midnight’s Children,” plus “The Hangwoman,” by Pavel Kohout.

The narrator's story is set in Southampton, England, and tells of his marriage with Molly, who (though a captain's daughter) despises the sailing …

Mrs. Wantage, 45, a divorcee, whose husband had died, comes back to a town in England, where she'd grown up to dispose of her dead aunt's house. …

The writer's parents ran a bakery & cafe in an English town. After his father died it was found that a great deal of money was owed to them. Writer …