From the hilarious opening to the satisfying final conflagration,
Fay Weldon's Worst Fears is a taut, scathing revelation of the
nature of marital intimacy. When Alexandra returns from her stint
on the London stage to find her husband mysteriously dead of a
heart attack and her female friends ominously invested in smoothing
out all the complications of the tragedy, she begins to be
suspicious. At first she attributes this to grief, then to
paranoia. But she soon finds herself starting to crack,
crank-calling her friends' psychiatrist, attacking people with
kitchen chairs and breaking into their houses, searching furiously
for evidence to confirm her husband's rampant adultery and her own
worst fears. "A snappy whodunit of the heart....one of Weldon's
best novels yet." -- The New York Times Book Review; "With a dash
of murder mystery and a wink at Isben's grim tales of ruined
marriages, this splendid and spiteful novel shows Fay Weldon to be
in as fine form as ever." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer; "A hundred
years hence, if people can still read, Weldon's books will likely
have the unblunted edge of Jane Austen, an unsentimental Baedeker
guide to sexual manners in an ill-mannered age. Fay Weldon breaks
taboos like tape at a marathon, and she hasn't stopped running
yet." -- Los Angeles Times.
General
| Imprint: |
Avalon Travel Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Weldon, Fay |
| Release date: |
May 1997 |
| First published: |
May 1997 |
| Authors: |
Fay Weldon
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
208 |
| Edition: |
1st pbk. ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-87113-682-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-87113-682-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780871136824 |
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