Crocodile Soup A Novel
Crocodile Soup A Novel by Julia Darling, published by HarperCollins on July 2, 2002, is a reprint edition comprising 352 pages in English. The story follows Gert Hardcastle, a thirty-something woman navigating her complicated love life and estrangement from her mother. As she believes she has found “the One” in Eva, a barista at her workplace, Gert reflects on her quirky childhood through vivid flashbacks, revealing her relationships with her eccentric family members.
Readers will encounter a narrative rich with humor and self-deprecation as Gert’s pursuit of love unfolds. The novel features an array of characters, including her telepathic twin, Frank, and her father, who disappeared in Africa. The exploration of Gert’s past, alongside her current romantic endeavors, creates a tapestry of experiences that highlight the complexities of love and family dynamics. This edition offers a unique blend of fiction that invites readers into Gert’s whimsical world.
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Gert Hardcastle is thirty-something and unlucky in love. She is also estranged from her mother. As Crocodile Soup opens, she thinks she has found “the One” — the enigmatic Eva, who serves coffee at the cafeteria in the museum where Gert works as a curator cataloging Egyptian artifacts. As Gert embarks on her hilarious and poignant pursuit of Eva, she looks back on her eccentric, childhood through a series of vivid and surreal flashbacks: her obsessive twin, Frank, with whom she communicates telepathically; her father, George, who vanished to Africa to salvage the family crocodile farm; her vain, neglectful mother, Jean; and the family ghost — a Victorian poet who haunts the attic.
In a narrative studded with relentless humor and giddy self-deprecation, Julia Darling introduces an endearing cast of characters whose shared and wayward search for love is irresistible.
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