FAMILIES. SOMETIMES THEY'RE A BLOODY NIGHTMARE...Life with the Radleys: Radio 4,dinner parties with the Bishopthorpe neighbours and self-denial. Loads of self-denial. But all hell is about to break loose. When teenage daughter Clara gets attacked on the way home from a party,she and her brother Rowan finally discover why they can't sleep,can't eat a Thai salad without fear of asphyxiation and can't go outside unless they're smothered in Factor 50.With a visit from their lethally louche Uncle Will and an increasingly suspicious police force,life in Bishopthorpe is about to change. Drastically.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781786894670Number of pages: 368Weight: 250 gDimensions: 197 x 132 x 26 mmEdition: Main
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AddictiveHighly recommendedGreat funRed-blooded fiction at its most seductiveHaig's very original spin on the (vampire) myth is insightful,frightening and upliftingDelightfully eccentric...a strangely moving portrait of a marriageDelightfully new and,unusually,rather English...An enjoyably twisty and self-aware taleHaig writes in addictive,bitesize chapters that pump the action along...All vampire fiction has a strong sexual element,but in this book,the passion's not just for the pale-faced teensBeautifully written...I just loved The RadleysA sharp,bloody tale of abstinence and indulgence (and trying not to eat the neighbours)
Matt Haig
An author who blurs the lines between genres,blending fantasy,myth and science fiction to create some of the most inventive and enduringly popular contemporary fiction,Matt Haig is also amongst Waterstones bookseller's favourite authors. His novels include How to Stop Time,The Radleys and The Humans as well as children's books including A Boy Called Christmas and The Girl Who Saved Christmas. He is also the author of the Sunday Times bestseller and Waterstones non-fiction Book of the Month,Reasons to Stay Aliveand the follow up, Notes on a Nervous Planet.
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