First published in cartoon strip form in the Guardian.
Is it a coincidence that Gemma Bovery has a name rather like Flaubert's notorious heroine? Is it by chance that, like Madame Bovery, Gemma is bored, adulterous, and a bad credit risk? Is she inevitably doomed? These questions consume her neighbour.
Originally published: 1999.
Is it a coincidence that Gemma Bovery has a name rather like Flaubert's notorious heroine? Is it by chance that, like Madame Bovery, Gemma is bored, adulterous, and a bad credit risk? Is she inevitably doomed? These questions consume her neighbour.