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Shooting Martha (Hardcover)
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Shooting Martha (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R214
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'Darkly comic, beautifully written and full of surprises' Daily
Mail 'Really funny. David is a great writer' Paula Hawkins, Good
Housekeeping 'A riotously good novel, witty and earnest, brimming
with sharply drawn characters and creeping suspense. David Thewlis
is a fabulous writer' Anna Bailey, Sunday Times bestselling author
of Tall Bones 'A deliciously smart, hilarious human drama with the
pace and intrigue of a gripping thriller. One of the year's most
memorable novels' B P Walter, Sunday Times bestselling author of
The Dinner Guest Celebrated director Jack Drake can't get through
his latest film (his most personal yet) without his wife Martha's
support. The only problem is, she's dead... When Jack sees Betty
Dean - actress, mother, trainwreck - playing the part of a crazed
nun on stage in an indie production of The Devils, he is struck
dumb by her resemblance to Martha. Desperate to find a way to
complete his masterpiece, he hires her to go and stay in his house
in France and resuscitate Martha in the role of 'loving spouse'.
But as Betty spends her days roaming the large, sunlit rooms of
Jack's mansion - filled to the brim with odd treasures and the
occasional crucifix - and her evenings playing the part of Martha
over scripted video calls with Jack, she finds her method acting
taking her to increasingly dark places. And as Martha comes back to
life, she carries with her the truth about her suicide - and the
secret she guarded until the end. A darkly funny novel set between
a London film set and a villa in the south of France. A mix of
Vertigo and Jonathan Coe, written by a master storyteller. PRAISE
FOR DAVID THEWLIS'S FICTION 'David Thewlis has written an
extraordinarily good novel, which is not only brilliant in its own
right, but stands proudly beside his work as an actor, no mean
boast' Billy Connolly 'Hilarious and horror-filled' Francesca
Segal, Observer 'A fine study in character disintegration... Very
funny' David Baddiel, The Times 'Exquisitely written with a warm
heart and a wry wit... Stunning' Elle 'Queasily entertaining'
Financial Times 'A sharp ear for dialogue and a scabrously satiric
prose style' Daily Mail 'Laugh-out-loud, darkly intelligent'
Publishers Weekly 'This is far more than an actor's vanity project:
Thewlis has talent' Kirkus
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