6/26/2023 0 Comments Score by jilly cooper![]() (These days Cooper’s roguish hero Rupert Campbell-Black ought by rights to be MeToo-ed into oblivion.) In her world it’s saucy, cheeky – more Carry On than Fifty Shades – and therefore perfectly acceptable for a prime minister to admit to enjoying without the risk of seeming sleazy, as long as you don’t look too closely at the characters. Perhaps that is the quintessentially British element of the Rutshire Chronicles: Cooper makes sex seem like a bit of fun. She hit on a winning formula: our prurient fascination with the intimate lives of the wealthy, coupled with an approach to sex that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s rare to find any kind of snobbery aimed at Cooper’s writing in the literary world, which is in itself unusual. ![]() When I was asked to interview her at the Hay Festival in 2018, I lost count of the number of friends – male and female, from heavyweight academics to senior lawyers to literary-award-winning writers – who expressed their envy and their undying love for her books, an affection forged in most cases by thumbing through the rude bits in adolescence. Cooper is popular with people across political divides. ![]()
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