Summary
The moment he spots Maria’s long legs at a party, Jeremy knows he’s done for.
The moment she sees that look in his eyes, Maria knows she’s in for a free ride.
The moment she twigs Jeremy’s sneaking around, his wife Anne thinks she knows he’s having an affair with Nan - their nanny. And chucks Jeremy out.
Like dropping a grenade into a pond, this sets off a ricochet of concentric calamity that changes Jeremy’s life; and those of Anne, Maria, Nan, Max, Hugo and everyone …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782067023 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1782067027 |
| Author: | Joseph Connolly |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 252g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 19mm |
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‘Connolly’s immaculately plotted comedy-of-manners … like a weird mix of Dickens and Martin Amis …This is the sort of book it is quite impossible to put down’ The Times .
‘The repetitions and ruminations of a multitude of inner voices, the comic set pieces and the horrified hyperreal prose are as spot-on as ever, but Connolly’s new and deeper subject for steely dissection is the pain of abandonment’ Guardian. * Guardian *
‘Connolly’s immaculately plotted comedy-of-manners … like a weird mix of Dickens and Martin Amis …This is the sort of book it is quite impossible to put down’ The Times. * The Times *
About The Author
Joseph Connolly
Joseph Connolly is the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling writer of eleven novels, as well as eleven works of non-fiction. He lives in London.
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