Barbara Comyns

Barbara Comyns was an English novelist whose quirky, darkly comic fiction has been rediscovered and championed by new generations of readers. Her most celebrated novel, Our Spoons Came from Woolworths, is a semi-autobiographical account of a young woman's marriage in bohemian 1930s London, told in a deceptively simple, deadpan voice that makes even the most desperate circumstances darkly funny. Comyns published eleven novels during her lifetime, including The Vet's Daughter and Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead, all distinguished by their distinctive voice, eccentric characters, and unsettling blend of domesticity and the macabre. Her books and audiobooks reward listeners with a wholly original literary voice that is by turns charming, unsettling, and unforgettable.