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Honey for the Bears

Anthony Burgess (1963)

SubgenreMagical Realism
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.51

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

InfidelityDeception

Positive tags

Self-DiscoveryHumor

Hero archetypes

Fish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / Partners

Synopsis

On a trip to Leningrad, English antique dealer Paul Hussey finds it more difficult than he expected to sell twenty dozen dresses on the black market. Meanwhile his wife Belinda, who is coming to terms with her latent lesbianism, has disappeared into a Soviet hospital.

Tags

Literary FictionSatireHistorical FictionLGBTQ+