Taking the Devil's Advice by Anne Fine

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Spending the summer with his ex-wife, his children, his ex-gardener (and ex-wifes new husband) was never going to be a good idea. Perhaps Oliver should have expected the autobiogra phy he was writing would be constantly sabotaged? Perhaps he should have guessed that hed have scorn and derision poured upon him? But then Oliver was a philosopher, always happier with abstraction than reality, and the realities of his life have never been simple - and theyre just about to come crashing down around him in the most unexpected and hilarious of ways. Market: Readers of contemporary womens fiction, e.g. Margaret Forster, Joanna Trollope, Alice Thomas Ellis and Angela Lambert. Reviews: Anne Fines black comedy bounces along its sprightly one-liners without flagging - Observer It is very perky, shot through with wit, and full of effervescence and good humour - Financial Times It is said to take two to make a quarrel but the casus belli for Constance after sixteen years of marriage is her philosopher husband Olivers serene unawareness of ever having given grounds for one...clever and entertaining...a direly witty achievement - Guardian Alive with brazen charm - Mail on Sunday. This 2005 Transworld Paperback is in good condition. ISBN: 9780552998260 SKU: 1417456 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book. Show more