The Life and Loves of a She Devil
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1992
Summary
Ruth Patchett never thought of herself as particularly devilish. Rather the opposite in fact: simply a tall, not terribly attractive woman living a quiet life as a wife and mother in a respectable suburb. But when she discovers that her husband is having a passionate affair with the lovely romantic novelist Mary Fisher, she is so seized by envy that she becomes truly diabolic. Within weeks she has burnt down the family home, collected the insurance, made love to the local drunk and embarked o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340589359 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340589353 |
| Author: | Fay Weldon |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1992 |
| Weight: | 182g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 22mm |
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‘Rousing … The fun grows steadily blacker and wilder’
A tour de force: a macabre, fast-moving moral fable - The Times
More audacious and striking in design than anything that has gone before … carried out with such dash and glitter - Times Literary SupplementRousing … The fun grows steadily blacker and wilder - GuardianA savage, sadistic even, but beautifully and compellingly written satire - Sunday ExpressAbout The Author
Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon is well known at home and abroad as a novelist, playwright, critic and screenwriter, several of whose novels have been adapted for film and television, including THE LIFE AND LOVES OF A SHE DEVIL.
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