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Supermarket checkout girl Tracy Pringle has a very lively imagination indeed. In front of her, as she blip-blips herself into a daydream, walk past not boring housewives with screaming children or tired office clerks, but the likes of Lord Byron, Lawrence of Arabia and Princess Leia. It comes as no surprise, then, that she turns a blind eye when Her Majesty herself pops a packet of Mr Kipling's Bakewell tarts into her handbag without paying. Obviously, the management sees it differently, and Tracy is given the sack on the spot and forced to find herself another job.
But nothing can prepare her for the new life that awaits her at the Taste of Persia restaurant, where she is flung headlong into a clash of cultures, languages, dinner plates, religions and a rather tricky domestic arrangement...
About the author
Anthony McCarten, geboren 1961 in New Plymouth, ist ein Schriftsteller und Filmemacher aus Neuseeland. Er wohnt in Los Angeles, Wellington und in London.
Summary
A witty and provocative story of love, menus and Islam from the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of Everything.
Additional text
Anthony McCarten dares to speak of English multiculturalism in the satirical tone that most native writers keep mute.
Report
High farce laced with some acute observations on racial prejudice, bigotry, the strength of women's bonds, and an exploration of Islam. Eve
