{"product_id":"tipping-the-velvet-by-sarah-waters-2","title":"Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the oyster huts of Whitstable to the music halls of Victorian London, Tipping the Velvet is the glorious first novel from this much-loved author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA saucy, sensuous and multi-layered historical romance, Tipping the Velvet follows the glittering career of Nan King - oyster girl turned music-hall star turned rent boy turned East End 'tom'. 'Erotic and absorbing... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten with startling power' New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'An unstoppable read, a sexy and picaresque romp through the lesbian and queer demi-monde of the roaries Nineties' Independent on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Waters is an extremely confident writer, combining precise, sensuous descriptions with irony and wit' Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback \/ 480 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45090358132951,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9780349018485.jpg?v=1715369400","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/tipping-the-velvet-by-sarah-waters-2","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}