"'Ghosts in the Bamboo' plots the story of aspiring playwright Nurse Elinor Kittivane. Married to a philanderer this satirical novel is about the author's imaginary country of Lapalisthan contains some delightful conservations of women as they discuss the men in their lives. Elinor takes her play to the Edinburgh Festival and discover she has a tumour behind the ear. Her inspiration has been conversations she thinks she had with the ghosts of her mother and grandmother in the bamboo grove in her garden."--Front cover flap.
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