'A controlled, satisfying and highly characteristic tour-de-force, astringent and startling' - Financial Times
Fay Weldon was born and brought up in New Zealand, and went to St. Andrews University, Scotland, where she graduated in Economics and Psychology. After a decade of odd jobs, she started writing and now, though primarily a writer of novels - Praxis, Puffball, The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil and Habits of the House amongst them - she has also written short stories, radio dramas and scripts for stage and screen, including the landmark TV series Upstairs, Downstairs for which she won the Writers Guild Award for Best British TV Series Script.
Confirms her genius for improvisation
*Observer*
Witty, entertaining and intelligent
*Times Literary Supplement*
Fay Weldon's novels are sharp as needles. This latest has such a
fine point it almost draws blood
*Daily Mail*
The strikingly inventive British author ( The Shrapnel Academy , The Life and Loves of a She-Devil ) delivers another biting satire on men's inhumanity to women. Weldon sets the scene in a small town where upper-class Natalie is left suddenly penniless after her husband scarpers with his secretary. Sonia, a woman similarly deserted but accustomed to coping with draconian welfare officials, gives Natalie and her children shelter as well as priceless advice. As local males lust for Natalie's body (and the posh house they assume will come with it), Sonia plans a twist on the annual town carnival, a demonstration hinted at throughout the narrative, and occuring at the novel's horrifying conclusion. This strong story about damaged lives is memorable as well for the lusty humor that makes all Weldon's books irresistible. Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club alternates. (November)
Confirms her genius for improvisation * Observer *
Witty, entertaining and intelligent * Times Literary Supplement
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Fay Weldon's novels are sharp as needles. This latest has such a
fine point it almost draws blood * Daily Mail *
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