{"product_id":"9780349142685-the-lie-of-the-land","title":"The Lie of the Land","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA very good read indeed' Matt Haig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A very good read indeed' \u003c\/b\u003eMATT HAIG\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Terrific, page-turning, slyly funny' \u003c\/b\u003eINDIA KNIGHT\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'As satisfying a novel as I have read in years' \u003c\/b\u003eSARAH PERRY\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'One of the most brilliant and entertaining novelists' \u003c\/b\u003eALISON LURIE\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuentin and Lottie Bredin, like many modern couples, can't afford to divorce. Having lost their jobs in the recession, they can't afford to go on living in London; instead, they must downsize and move their three children to a house in a remote part of Devon. Arrogant and adulterous, Quentin can't understand why Lottie is so angry; devastated and humiliated, Lottie feels herself to have been intolerably wounded.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMud, mice and quarrels are one thing - but why is their rent so low? What is the mystery surrounding their unappealing new home? The beauty of the landscape is ravishing, yet it conceals a dark side involving poverty, revenge, abuse and violence which will rise up to threaten them.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSally Verity, happily married but unhappily childless knows a different side to country life, as both a Health Visitor and a sheep farmer's wife; and when Lottie's innocent teenage son Xan gets a zero-hours contract at a local pie factory, he sees yet another.  At the end of their year, the lives of all will be changed for ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA suspenseful black comedy, this is a rich, compassionate and enthralling novel in its depiction of the English countryside, and the potentially lethal interplay between money and marriage.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451412164982,"sku":"9780349142685","price":10.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_14041589_jpg.jpg?v=1760462430","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349142685-the-lie-of-the-land","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}