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Maggie Gee has written 15 books to great acclaim including The White Family and Virginia Woolf in Manhattan, and her work has been translated into 14 languages. In 2012 there was an international conference about her work at St Andrew’s University. One of Granta’s original ‘Best of Young British Novelists’, she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has been shortlisted for global prizes including the Orange (now Women’s) Prize, and the Dublin International IMPAC Prize. She writes novels, short stories, memoir, poetry and journalism, is a Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, a Director of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society and a Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature. Maggie Gee was awarded an OBE for services to literature in 2012. She lives in London WC1, and Ramsgate, Kent.
‘Wise and beautiful what it feels to be alive’ Zadie Smith ‘Fast-moving, energetic, constantly surprising’ Hilary Mantel ‘Gripping, original, highly entertaining - Gee is superb’ J G Ballard ‘Supremely artful’ Lionel Shriver ‘Hang on to your hats, it’s a joy’ Jane Gardam ‘Wickedly smart, funny, fearless, surprising’ Patrick Ness ‘Witty, everything I really like’ Jacqueline Wilson ‘Enchanting, a timeless, global inspiration’ Elaine Showalter ‘Giddily playful, cunning, gloriously funny ’ Metro Best Summer Reads
* Revenge parable from top novelist, set in an angry, anarchic, Brexit-ing Britain where terrorism has become routine. * UK’s first novel about patricide. A scintillating thrill on retribution for personal or political wrongs - powerfully funny; energetic, vibrant language. * Fast-moving thriller, with serious questions: do we need ‘monstrous women’ to oppose bullies of women and the weak. How can democracies respond to fundamentalism? What is the relationship between vengeance and the law? * Satire on power, corruption, capitalism, bullying, racism, nationalism, terrorism, told with infectious, wicked glee, with upbeat ending, literary and commercial. * For fans of We Need to Talk about Kevin, White Teeth, Val McDermid and Martina Cole novels
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