Synopsis
Everything You Know by Zoë Heller, author of controversial bestseller Notes on a Scandal, examines a father’s guilt in the wake of his daughter’s suicide.
The women in Willy Muller’s life are trouble.
His mother insists he eat tofu. His dopey girlfriend, Penny, wants him to overcome his personal space issues – while Karen, his other, even dopier, girlfriend, just wants more sex. Meanwhile, his oldest daughter, Sophie, wants him to finance her husband’s drug habit.
But it’s his youngest daughter, Sadie, who’s giving him the biggest headache. Just before committing suicide three months ago, she sent Willy her diaries. Poring over the record of her empty life, he feels pangs of something unexpected . . . remorse. But isn’t it a bit late for such sentimental guff?
Set in London, Hollywood and Mexico, Everything You Know is a supremely witty take on love, death and the age-old battle of the sexes.
‘Instantly ranks her among the most interesting and exciting of British writers’ Will Self
‘Sharp and feisty, a riotous read’ Tatler
‘Fast paced and finely timed, veering from tragedy to farce to back again… full of brilliant observations’ Harpers and Queen
Zoë Heller has written three darkly comic novels: The Believers, Notes on a Scandal (shortlisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize) and Everything You Know. The 2006 film adaptation of her bestselling novel Notes on a Scandal, starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench, received four Oscar nominations.
Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780141039992
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 208
Published : 07 May 2009
Publisher : Fig Tree
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