Bad Relations

Cressida Connolly

£9.99

A tale of a tragedy seeping through generations, and a family fractured by history and desire.

Paperback

Fiction > General

ISBN: 9780241537725

Description

On the battlefields of the Crimea, William Gale cradles the still-warm body of his brother.

William’s experience of war will bring about a change in him that will reverberate through his family over the next two centuries.

In the 1970s, William’s descendants invite Stephen, a distant relation, to stay in their house in the English countryside – but their golden summer entanglements will end in a shocking fall from grace.

Half a century later, a confrontation between the surviving members of the family will culminate in a terrible reckoning.

The characters in Bad Relations are so brilliantly real, so wonderfully compelling at their best, and at their worst, that I can’t get them out of my head. A wonderful novel’ – Nina Stibbe

This is an Atonement-like novel about the messy stuff that is family life’ – Spectator

A compelling family saga’ – Sunday Times

Bad Relations is an amazing achievement and one of the most satisfying books you’re likely to read this year’ – The Times

Haunting and beautiful…In recent British fiction I can think only of Tessa Hadley who rivals Connolly in exacting such intricate, compelling drama from close-knit families…I don’t often wish a book were longer, but this one I did’ – Observer

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Weight 0.4 kg
Dimensions 20 × 13 × 5 cm