by HilaryMantel (Author), Hilary Mantel (Author)
From the author of the Man Booker prize-winners 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies' comes a story of suburban mayhem and merciless, hilarious revenge. Barricaded inside their house filled with festering rubbish, unhealthy smells and their secrets, the Axon family baffle Isabel Field, the latest in a long line of social workers. Isabel has other problems too: a randy, untrustworthy father and a slackly romantic lover, Colin Sidney, history teacher to unresponsive yobs and father of a parcel of horrible children. With all this to worry about, how can Isabel begin to understand what is going on in the Axon household?
Format: paperback
Publisher: William The 4th
Published:
ISBN 10: 1841153397
ISBN 13: 9781841153391
`Strange...rather mad...extremely funny...she reminded me of the early Muriel Spark' Auberon Waugh
`Abrasive and amusing...crisp and intelligent' Barbara Trapido
`What a terrific book' Fay Weldon
Hilary Mantel is the author of thirteen books , including A PLACE OF GREATER SAFETY, BEYOND BLACK, and the memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST. Her two most recent novels, WOLF HALL and its sequel BRING UP THE BODIES have both been awarded The Man Booker Prize - an unprecedented achievement.