Notes on a Scandal
1st Edition
Published on 18. January 2007
256 pages
978-0-14-190191-6 (ISBN)
Description
Discover Zoe Heller's darkly compelling Booker-shortlisted novel which became an Oscar-nominated film starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench.
'Brilliant, nasty, gripping' Zadie Smith
From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George's, history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced she has found a kindred spirit. Barbara's loyalty to her new friend is passionate and unstinting and when Sheba is discovered 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.
'Compelling, dark, sexy' Observer
'Superbly gripping. One of the most compelling books I've read in ages' Daily Telegraph
'Deliciously sinister' Daily Mail
'Brilliant, nasty, gripping' Zadie Smith
From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George's, history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced she has found a kindred spirit. Barbara's loyalty to her new friend is passionate and unstinting and when Sheba is discovered 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.
'Compelling, dark, sexy' Observer
'Superbly gripping. One of the most compelling books I've read in ages' Daily Telegraph
'Deliciously sinister' Daily Mail
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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0,36 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-14-190191-6 (9780141901916)
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Zoe Heller's first novel, Everything You Know, was published by Viking in 1999. Zoe Heller writes a column for the Daily Telegraph and was columnist of the year for 2002. She lives in New York.
