Bad Attitudes is a wickedly dark tale of Scottish council housing and murder. This first of two novellas also boasts a missing person,a lethally nosy neighbour,an extra-marital affair,a lusty councillor and a new housing law for tinkers. Who but Agnes Owens could concoct such a delicious brew of dour hilarity and then follow it with an unforgettable party In Jen's Party,soon-to-be fifteen-year-old Jen immediately regrets agreeing to her crazy Aunt Belle's plan for a birthday party which involves,among other notions,flirting with the town's entire male population. With a perfectly tuned ear for the droll and the deadly,Owens can spin a tale of domestic mayhem that is at once disarmingly tense and movingly human.
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9780747565925Number of pages: 192Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A mini-masterpiece - a delicious,wicked,beautifully observed little black comedy about council house residents that also manages to be a murder mystery and a memorable tale'Independent on Sunday'An everyday tale of tinkers,teenage runaways,sexually incontinent councillors and lonely old women written in a sinewy,dialogue-driven style'The Times'Agnes Owens has an appealingly wicked eye for familial love on the dole...reminiscent of Muriel Spark and Shena Mackay'Sunday Herald'Agnes Owens is part of a Golden Age in Scottish literature'Guardian
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