Pru Goes Troppo

Pru has been married to Guy for a quarter of a century. She hasn't had sex for ten years. 'Why the hell do I live my life this way?' she says to herself. 'I mean - really!' Change comes from out of the blue when odd old Uncle Bertie dies in Samoa and leaves his property to Guy. On a whim, the couple decide to go and take a look at what they know must be a tropical paradise. Not their usual stamping ground, you understand. Daringly, they fly to Apia. Pru soon finds herself thinking things, feeling things, doing things she's never till now come close to thinking, feeling, doing.

'Are we just an ornamental waste of space, d'you think?' she asks Guy in Samoa.

'I rather think we are, darling.'

'Oh dear.'

Pru Goes Troppo is a comic novel about the ups and downs of two people who are privileged parasites, yet curiously innocent. Among the themes explored in the story are class, gender, colonialism and neo-colonialism, ageing and belonging. And pratfalls.

Author: Stevan Eldred-Grigg
Publisher: Piwaiwaka Press
Published: 03/01/2023
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9780473538750
ISBN10: 047353875X
BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | Mid-Life

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