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Fiona Mozleyâs Hot Stew and three other fiction titles
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Author of the Booker-shortlisted
Elmet, Fiona Mozley devotes her second novel to the changing face of a red-light district. Set in and around a Soho brothel,
Hot Stew sees a community of sex workers squaring off against the low running dogs of capitalism. The brothelâs existence is threatened by Agatha Howard â a cartoonish property developer seeking to expel the riffraff in Sohoâs alleyways so gentrification can proceed apace. Arrayed against her are Precious and Tabitha. Both have served at the brothel (run on enlightened principles, with a fierce sense of solidarity among those who ply their trade). They organise a protest that attracts widespread media attention. Mozley gives us a lively, Dickensian portrayal of the Soho demi-monde, including the lowlife ad