Family Matters (British Library Crime Classics)
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Robert Arthur Kewdingham is an eccentric failure of a man.
In middle age he retreats into a private world, hunting for Roman artifacts and devoting himself to bizarre mystical beliefs. Robert's wife, Bertha, feels that there are few things more dreadful than a husband who will persist in making a fool of himself in public. Their marriage consists of horrible quarrels, futile arguments, incessant bickering. Scarcely any friends will visit the Kewdinghams in their peaceful hometown Shufflecester.
Everything is wrong - and with the entrance of John Harrigall, a bohemian bachelor from London who catches Bertha's eye, they take a turn for the worse. Soon deep passions and resentments shatter the calm facade of the Kewdinghams' lives.
This richly characterised and elegantly written crime novel from 1933 is a true forgotten classic.
'With its caustic look at society, marriage and norms Family Matters is an impudent, lively novel, a delight to read.' -Guy Savage / NetGalley
Everything is wrong - and with the entrance of John Harrigall, a bohemian bachelor from London who catches Bertha's eye, they take a turn for the worse. Soon deep passions and resentments shatter the calm facade of the Kewdinghams' lives.
This richly characterised and elegantly written crime novel from 1933 is a true forgotten classic.
'A deliciously anti-cozy tale of murder most multiplied that's perhaps the choicest blast yet from the past almost-masters of mystery resurrected by Poisoned Pen's British Library Crime Classics.' -Kirkus Reviews
'With its caustic look at society, marriage and norms Family Matters is an impudent, lively novel, a delight to read.' -Guy Savage / NetGalley
Info
ISBN: 9781464207426
Published Date: May 2, 2017
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Language: English
Page Count: 237
Size: 8.00" l x 5.25" w x 0.63" h
Category
Fiction