{"product_id":"9781529434453-havoc","title":"Havoc","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea blistering tragicomedy from the author of I'm Sorry You Feel That Way\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in a run-down girls' boarding school in the 1980s, with the cold war still in full swing and featuring a curious case of mass psychogenic illness, \u003ci\u003eHavoc \u003c\/i\u003epromises to be a perfect tragicomedy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A LABYRINTHINE MYSTERY OF EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY' Jo Brand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'DELIRIOUS AND REWARDING' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'UNMISSABLE' \u003ci\u003eWoman's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFleeing Scotland in the wake of family disgrace, 16-year-old Ida Campbell secures a scholarship at a failing girls' boarding school on a remote part of the south English coast. Despite the eccentricities of her new Headmistress, who warns her of the dangers of the Cold War and the ever-present threat of \u003ci\u003ethe bomb\u003c\/i\u003e, St Anne's seems like a refuge to Ida. But all this is about to change. For a start, her new room-mate is the infamous Louise Adler, potential arsonist and hardened outcast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, the geography teacher Eleanor Alston, in her late thirties, a disastrous love affair in her wake, faces the new term with weary resignation. But the fragile ecosystem of the school is disrupted by the arrival of a new teacher, Matthew Langfield. Eleanor has an uneasy feeling he is not who he says he is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd things only get worse when a mysterious sickness starts to spread throughout the school, causing strange limb jerks and seizures among the pupils. \u003cb\u003eWhat is happening to the girls of St Anne's? Could there be a poisoner among them? Is Ida's scholarship really an escape, or is it instead a new nightmare?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS ARE LOVING \u003ci\u003eHAVOC\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Superb. Brilliantly funny, at times extremely poignant' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'Another beautifully written book by Rebecca' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'Utterly glorious, moving, enthralling and witty. I am so cross I have finished it' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'I absolutely loved the humour in this book. Bonus points for the Cold War references' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'Entertaining and humorous' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55125724463478,"sku":"9781529434453","price":17.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32010211.jpg?v=1736345251","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529434453-havoc","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}