Notes On A Scandal (2003 Shortlisted For Man Booker Prize)
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Description:
From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George's, history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced that she has found a kindred spirit. Barbara's loyalty to her new friend is passionate and unstinting and when Sheba is discovered to be having an illicit affair with one of her pupils, Barbara quickly elects herself as Sheba's chief defender. But all is...
From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George's, history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced that she has found a kindred spirit. Barbara's loyalty to her new friend is passionate and unstinting and when Sheba is discovered to be having an illicit affair with one of her pupils, Barbara quickly elects herself as Sheba's chief defender. But all is...
Description:
From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George's, history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced that she has found a kindred spirit. Barbara's loyalty to her new friend is passionate and unstinting and when Sheba is discovered to be having an illicit affair with one of her pupils, Barbara quickly elects herself as Sheba's chief defender. But all is not as it first seems in this dark story and, as Sheba will soon discover, a friend can be just as treacherous as any lover.
Review:
Fascinating, brilliant, horribly addictive Guardian Outstanding, brilliantly understated and blackly funny Daily Telegraph Brilliant, nasty, gripping -- Zadie Smith Observer Deliciously sinister Daily Mail Compelling, dark, sexy Observer Deliciously perverse, laugh-out-loud-funny Vogue
Prizes:
Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2003.
Author Biography:
Zoe Heller is the author of three novels, Everything You Know, Notes on a Scandal, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003 and The Believers. She lives in New York.
From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George's, history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced that she has found a kindred spirit. Barbara's loyalty to her new friend is passionate and unstinting and when Sheba is discovered to be having an illicit affair with one of her pupils, Barbara quickly elects herself as Sheba's chief defender. But all is not as it first seems in this dark story and, as Sheba will soon discover, a friend can be just as treacherous as any lover.
Review:
Fascinating, brilliant, horribly addictive Guardian Outstanding, brilliantly understated and blackly funny Daily Telegraph Brilliant, nasty, gripping -- Zadie Smith Observer Deliciously sinister Daily Mail Compelling, dark, sexy Observer Deliciously perverse, laugh-out-loud-funny Vogue
Prizes:
Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2003.
Author Biography:
Zoe Heller is the author of three novels, Everything You Know, Notes on a Scandal, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003 and The Believers. She lives in New York.
| Autor | Heller, Zoe |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2009 |
| Kirjastus | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 256 |
| Pikkus | 198 |
| Laius | 198 |
| Keel | English |
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