Alex Peake-Tomkinson

Women of the streets: Hot Stew, by Fiona Mozley, reviewed

Candy, Precious, Young Scarlet and other working girls try their best to resist Soho’s ruthless property developers

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issue 13 March 2021
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  • Hot Stew

    Fiona Mozley

    John Murray, pp. 320, £16

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