Virginia Feito Mrs March 2021 En 4th Estate 2021

Synopsis

'Nastily good fun' Metro<br> <br> <br> <br> SET TO BECOME A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ELIZABETH MOSS<br> <br> <br> <br> Shirley Jackson meets Ottessa Moshfegh meets My Sister the Serial Killer in a brilliantly unsettling and darkly funny debut novel full of suspense and paranoia<br> <br> George March's latest novel is a smash hit. None could be prouder than Mrs. March, his dutiful wife, who revels in his accolades and relishes the lifestyle and status his success brings.<br> <br> <br> <br> A creature of routine and decorum, Mrs. March lives an exquisitely controlled existence on the Upper East Side. Every morning begins the same way, with a visit to her favourite patisserie to buy a loaf of<br> <br> olive bread, but her latest trip proves to be her last when she suffers an indignity from which she may never recover: an assumption by the shopkeeper that the protagonist in George March's new book -<br> <br> a pathetic sex worker, more a figure of derision than desire - is based on Mrs. March.<br> <br> <br> <br> One casual remark robs Mrs. March not only of her beloved olive bread but of the belief that she knew everything about her husband - and herself - sending her on an increasingly paranoid journey, one<br> <br> that starts within the pages of a book but may very well uncover both a killer and the long-buried secrets of Mrs. March's past.<br> <br> <br> <br> A razor-sharp exploration of the fragility of identity and the smothering weight of expectations, Mrs. March heralds the arrival of a wicked and wonderful new voice.