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A TALE OF A TRAGEDY SEEPING THROUGH GENERATIONS, AND A FAMILY FRACTURED BY HISTORY AND DESIRE - available for pre-order now br>br>''The characters in Bad Relations are so brilliantly real, so wonderfully compelling at their best, and at their worst, that I can''t get them out of my head. A wonderful novel'' Nina Stibbebr>br>''A writer who seems able to peer directly into the human heart'' John Prestonbr>br>On the battlefields of the Crimea, William Gale cradles the still-warm body of his brother. William''s experience of war will bring about a change in him that will reverberate through his family over the next two centuries.br>In the 1970s, William''s descendants invite Stephen, a distant relation, to stay in their house in the English countryside - but their golden summer entanglements will end in a shocking fall from grace.br>br>Half a century later, a confrontation between the surviving members of the family will culminate in a terrible reckoning.br>br>Praise for AFTER THE PARTY:br>br>''Uncanny, evocative, atmospheric'' Sunday Timesbr>br>''Connolly is a terrifically subtle writer... [she] slyly sweeps her readers into the period drama as tensions tauten between families and social classes'' Daily Telegraphbr>br>''Profound and moving and completely original, with a storyline that is completely satisfying. It''ll be one of those novels that stays in my mind forever... it''s a work of art'' Craig Brownbr>br>''I finished it in two days flat and I''ve never read anything quite like it'' Hilary Spurlingbr>br>''Wonderfully subtle and interesting... with a compelling voice'' Linda Grant>
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A ravishing novel from the great family saga-teller Cressida Connolly and an honourable tribute to the past The Times, Best Books for the Summer
