Sex and Stravinsky by Barbara Trapido

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Louise Levene relishes Sex and Stravinsky by Barbara Trapido, a carefully choreographed tale of missed opportunities and triumphant rebirth .

Sex and Stravinsky has to be up there with 'Golfing for Cats’ or 'Nazi Quilts’ for sheer crossover appeal, but the title of Barbara Trapido’s seventh novel encapsulates the Whitbread winner’s gift for gratifying a reader’s baser urges for absorbing, characterful narratives while nourishing their brain and touching their heart.
The story flits confidently between north Oxford, Senegal and the Durban suburbs and spans 20 years in the lives of two mismatched couples, their parents, their grumpy teenage daughters and the skeletons in their cupboards.





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