Book description
Ned Maddstone has the world at his feet. He is handsome, talented and
about to go to Cambridge, after which he is expected to follow his
father into politics. But an unfortunate confrontation with a boy in
his school results in a prank that goes badly wrong and suddenly he's
incarcerated - without chance of release. So begins a year long
process of torment and hopelessness, which will destroy his very
identity, until almost nothing remains of him but this unquenchable
desire for revenge.
Inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, Fry's psychological
thriller is written with the pace, wit and shrewd insight that we have
come to expect from one of our finest novelists.
Stephen Fry
was born in Hampstead in 1957 and, following a troubled adolescence,
went on to study English Literature at Queen's College, Cambridge. As
well as being the bestselling author of four novels,
The Stars'
Tennis Balls
,
Making History
,
The Hippopotamus
, and
The Liar
, and two volumes of his autobiography, Fry played Peter in
Peter's Friends
, Wilde in the film
Wilde
, Jeeves in the television series
Jeeves & Wooster
and (a closely guarded show-business secret, this) Laurie in the
television series
Fry & Laurie
. More recently, he presented
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the
Manic Depressive
, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical
acclaim. And his legions of fans tune in to watch him host the popular
quiz show
QI
each week.
