Book description
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? '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.
