Virago Modern Classics: Good Behaviour

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A darkly comic novel about the crumbling aristocracy, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, reissued with a striking new jacket as part of the Virago Modern Classics Green Spine design. We kept our heads above the morass, stifled screaming despairs only by the exercise of Good Behaviour. Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family is sinking into a state of decaying grace. Aroon, the unlovely daughter of the house, silently longs for affection and approval - neither of which are to be found from her icily elegant mother or her hunting-obsessed father. The fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem shut out by the rituals of Good Behaviour. But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the St Charles family from their own dark secrets and unruly desires...Introduced by Maggie O'Farrell 'Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy' VOGUE 'Dark, complex, engaging . . . a wonderful tour de force' MARIAN KEYES 'I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian and dissector of human behaviour' MAGGIE O'FARRELL'I really wish I had written this book...You read it with mounting horror and hilarity' HILARY MANTEL We kept our heads above the morass, stifled screaming despairs only by the exercise of Good Behaviour.Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic St Charles family is sinking into a state of decaying grace. Aroon, the unlovely daughter of the house, silently longs for affection - which she receives neither from her icy mother nor her hunting-obsessed father. The fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem stifled by the rules of good behaviour. But no crumbling codes of conduct can save the members of the St Charles family from their own dark secrets and repressed cruelties . . .Introduced by Maggie O'Farrell'Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy' VOGUE 'Dark, complex, engaging . . . a wonderful tour de force' MARIAN KEYES 'I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian and dissector of human behaviour' MAGGIE O'FARRELL'I really wish I had written this book...You read it with mounting horror and hilarity' HILARY MANTEL

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Molly Keane (Auteur) - Verschenen op 30/01/2025 bij Hachette Collections

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Pages: 291, Edition: 1, Paperback, Hachette Collections