Stella Gibbons of Gibbons's "most enjoyable and vicious" satirical portraits. In her introduction to the book's 2011 reprint, Lynne Truss describes it as "a rich, mature novel, romantic and wistful, full of rounded characters and terrific dialogue" that deserved more commercial success than it received. The public's expectations were still prejudiced by "Cold Comfort Farm", which by 1949 had sold 28,000 copies in hardback and 315,000 in paperback. Anticipating that a sequel would be popular, that year Gibbons produced "Conference at Cold Comfort Farm", her shortest novel, in which the farm has become a conference centre and tourist attraction. There is much
Jorge Franco (writer) was released in January 2008 with a musical score directed by renowned Colombian singer Fonseca. In March 2014 Franco won the XVII edition of the international Alfaguara prize with his work "El mundo de afuera" (The world from outside). Gabriel García Márquez has stated about the artist that he "is one of the Colombian writers to whom I wish to pass the torch." Jorge Franco (writer) Jorge Franco Ramos (born 1962 in Medellín) is a writer from Colombia, known primarily for his novel "Rosario Tijeras," which has been adapted for film and television. Son of Olga Stella Ramos and Humberto