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To Emily, her interior design business is everything, but to her clueless husband Kevin, it's all just so much stuff. He despairs of her ever becoming sweeter, and turns to young Milly. But their cheeky time in Brighton has unforeseen and damn near killing consequences. And will Kevin ever again see the real love of his life, Sophie? Meanwhile Emily indulges in brief and carnal bouts with Raymond, the perpetually furious PR man, who is much keener on her daughter, Shelley. Trouble is, she is going out with his son, Gideon - who is not sure it's women he likes at all . . . Stuff is a rich, dark and densely plotted novel which scorches along with unflagging pace and crackling wit, to a climax which is surprising, electric, and very, very funny.
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'A bleakly hilarious look at people obsessed with furniture in their lives, both actual and emotional' Sunday Times. (Sunday Times)
'A whirlwind plot ... Behind the chaos, a blacker and more sardonic wit bites' The Times. (The Times)
'It is Connolly's skill to get the reader to laugh at what should make you cry or at least wince' Times Literary Supplement. (Times Literary Supplement)
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'A whirlwind plot ... Behind the chaos, a blacker and more sardonic wit bites' The Times. (The Times)
'It is Connolly's skill to get the reader to laugh at what should make you cry or at least wince' Times Literary Supplement. (Times Literary Supplement)
A successful day for Emily - interior designer and total bitch - is throttling her husband Kevin and tormenting his best friend Raymond - to their mutual satisfaction. A good day for Raymond is venting his frustrations on Emily's fine form and getting a glimpse of her even finer daughter Shelley. A tolerable day for Kevin is just avoiding Emily - until he meets a surprising young woman who sees through his dim wits to the kindly man beneath...
Emily's a maelstrom of malice, but there's only so far she can push Kevin and Raymond before the storm finally breaks.
Stripping the veneer of pretension and civility, Connolly's thrillingly repulsive characters are unveiled through breathless interior monologue to reveal the genuine and grotesque urges that drive them all into a violent climax.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0571232639
- ISBN 13 9780571232635
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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