Name: The Usual Desire to Kill
SKU: 183806
Price: 169 SEK
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Author: Camilla Barnes
ISBN: 9781398535206

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The Usual Desire to Kill – Camilla Barnes | Storytel Books

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';Hilarious and heartbreaking' MONICA ALI
Deeply funny and knowingMEG WOLITZER
Witty, moving ANN NAPOLITANO
Poignant, funny and brilliantly told POSY SIMMONDS

An often hilarious, surprisingly moving portrait of a long-married couple, seen through the eyes of their wickedly observant daughter for fans ofA Man Called OveandThe Royal Tenenbaums.

Miranda's parents live in a dilapidated house in rural France that they share with two llamas, eight ducks, five chickens, two cats, and a freezer full of food dating back to 1983.

Miranda's father is a retired professor of philosophy who never loses an argument. Her mother likes to bring conversation back to the War, although she was born after it ended. Married for fifty years, they are uncommonly set in their ways. Miranda plays the role of translator when she visits, communicating the desires or complaints of one parent to the other and then venting her frustration to her sister and her daughter.

A wry, propulsive, exquisitely observed story of a singularly eccentric family and the sibling rivalry, generational divides, and long-buried secrets that shape them. This is an extraordinary debut novel from a seasoned playwright with a flare for dialogue and, in the end, immense empathy.
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';Hilarious and heartbreaking. Barnes's dialogue is pitch-perfect, and her characters dance off the page and straight into your heart' Monica Ali, author of Love Marriage

';Camilla Barnes deftly deciphers the secret language of one family, often with deeply funny and knowing results. I loved spending time in the very specific, complicated and memorable world of this novel'Meg Wolitzer, author of The Wife

';I love nothing more than reading about eccentric families, and the family in The Usual Desire to Kill is just that. Miranda and her sister work to uncover the true story of their parents marriage, only to have their brilliant, quirky mother and father deflect them at every turn. Barnes has written a witty, moving novel about characters who, even when they seem incapable of speaking honestly, are worth listening to nonetheless'Ann Napolitano, author of Hello Beautiful

';An account of two ageing, secretive, disputatious and thoroughly maddening parents poignant, funny and brilliantly told through gritted teeth' Posy Simmonds, author of Cassandra Darke

EARLY READERS REVIEWS FOR THE USUAL DESIRE TO KILL:
';Family saga at its very best told with a tenderness that matches the dark humour in equal parts. I think this a book a lot of people will identify with'
';Hugely relatable. Endearingly flawed characters with real depth and an insightful understanding of the ways in which family dynamics play out'
';A unique yet weirdly relatable family saga'
';Funny, honest, and engaging'
';An observant and darkly witty debut'

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