Hunting Unicorns

by Bella Pollen

Paperback, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

823.92

Publication

Pan (2004), Edition: Main Market Ed., 368 pages

Description

Hunting unicorns is a wonderfully engaging romantic comedy set among the British aristocracy in decline. The patrician Bevan family clings to tradition while wrestling with taxes, tree blight, and family skeletons. Rory, the youngest son, runs a business which rents out the grand mansions for weddings and tours to help the owners pay upkeep on their dilapidated mansions. Enter Maggie, an American TV journalist hoping to find something disreputable to write home about. Sent to London to do an expos ?on the aristocracy, she hires Rory to get her access to the most private families. The two immediately clash, bickering until a romance springs up where it seemed least likely. A delightfully funny love story exploring loyalty and family, Hunting unicorns is ultimately about having the courage to risk everything in the pursuit of what really counts.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member sharlene_w
Given the assignment to do a piece on the decline of the English noble class, an American journalist learns more than she expected. The story is told from various perspectives, including that of the eldest son of an aristocratic family who dies early in the story and knows all too well the burdens
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that fall on the eldest son who is expected to carry on family traditions.

Believable characters and engaging story. A pleasant read.
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LibraryThing member manatree
in a nutshell, it's a nice bit of British humor, a bit less kook tham Monty Python, and a few shades darker.

reminded me a bit of the Cary Grant, Robert Mitchum & Deborah Kerr film "The Grass is Greener" from the early 60s.
LibraryThing member bowerbird
As one of the protagonists in this novel dies at the beginning and the rest of the action in the book is often seen through his eyes and takes place after the event, it gives a rather unique way of looking at things. An easy amusing read.
LibraryThing member LARA335
Engaging novel about Rory and his impoverished family trying to keep together the disintegrating stately family home.
LibraryThing member cfk
A painfully funny comedy-romance set in modern England amid the collapsing English aristocracy's efforts to save their crumbling fortunes.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

368 p.; 5.12 inches

ISBN

0330411578 / 9780330411578

Barcode

2643
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