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'Utterly awe-inspiring.' Douglas Stuart
'Extraordinary.' Marina Hyde
'An utter joy to read.' Monica Ali
'Majestic.' Independent
'A masterpiece.' John Lanchester
'Addictively enjoyable.' Guardian
'Pitch-perfect.' Observer
** Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction **
** A Sunday Times Bestseller **
From the author of Mayflies, an irresistible, unputdownable, state-of-the-nation…
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It's hilarious! The female characters have some of the funniest lines. It's also very erudite. There are so many well voiced point-of-view characters that I don't know how the author managed to keep them in line. It's very clever satire, an even handed excoriation of British society. The plot doesn't really surprise, in that I realised pretty quickly that most of the characters would meet a bad end but the journey in getting them there held plenty of surprises and was hugely entertaining. Most of the characters are unsympathetic but in a weird, twisted way you do feel a bit…
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