{"product_id":"lie-of-the-land-p-b-w2","title":"The Lie of the Land: ‘A very good read indeed' Matt Haig [2018] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e' \u003cb\u003eA very good read indeed' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Haig\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Terrific, page-turning, slyly funny' India Knight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As satisfying a novel as I have read in years' Sarah Perry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuentin and Lottie Bredin, like many modern couples, can't afford to divorce. Having lost their jobs in the recession, they can't afford to go on living in London; instead, they must downsize and move their three children to a house in a remote part of Devon. Arrogant and adulterous, Quentin can't understand why Lottie is so angry; devastated and humiliated, Lottie feels herself to have been intolerably wounded.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMud, mice and quarrels are one thing - but why is their rent so low? What is the mystery surrounding their unappealing new home? The beauty of the landscape is ravishing, yet it conceals a dark side involving poverty, revenge, abuse and violence which will rise up to threaten them.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSally Verity, happily married but unhappily childless knows a different side to country life, as both a Health Visitor and a sheep farmer's wife; and when Lottie's innocent teenage son Xan gets a zero-hours contract at a local pie factory, he sees yet another.  At the end of their year, the lives of all will be changed for ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA suspenseful black comedy, this is a rich, compassionate and enthralling novel in its depiction of the English countryside, and the potentially lethal interplay between money and marriage.","brand":"Craig, Amanda","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42321780998329,"sku":"9780349142685","price":10.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":51529949708627,"sku":"XG80349142685","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/craig-amanda-the-lie-of-the-land-a-very-good-read-indeed-matt-haig-2018-paperback-9780349142685-58800943661395.jpg?v=1754153260","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/lie-of-the-land-p-b-w2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}