{"product_id":"great-granny-webster-9780349019062","title":"Great Granny Webster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAROLINE BLACKWOOD'S MASTERPIECE, SHORTLISTED FOR THE 1977 BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e summer reading pick of 2026*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of genuine black humour' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA darkly comic treat' \u003cb\u003eCHRIS POWER, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wickedly amusing' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece . . . her humour is as wicked as it is mordant' \u003cb\u003eJOHN BANVILLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003cbr\u003eIn her gloomy mausoleum of a home, the terrifying matriarch Great Granny Webster spends her days sitting bolt upright in a Victorian chair, entirely alone except for her one-eyed maid - and her orphaned great-granddaughter, sent to stay for the sea air. She presides over three generations of ill-fated women, and a twisted family history which spools back through hedonistic 20s London to a crumbling aristocratic pile where two children are kept silently hidden in a distant wing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis macabre, viciously funny, partly autobiographical novel cuts to the bone of a dysfunctional dynasty, and captures Blackwood at her pitch-black best.\u003cbr\u003e* \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Idiosyncratic, dark and extremely funny' \u003cb\u003eLUCY SCHOLES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A unique literary experience' \u003cb\u003ePHILIP LARKIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gloriously wicked' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As gripping as a whodunit' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTLS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Shocking, brilliant, and wickedly funny\u003ci\u003e, Great Granny Webster\u003c\/i\u003e is Caroline Blackwood's best book' \u003cb\u003eJONATHAN RABAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Caroline Blackwood sits firmly alongside the greats like Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith' \u003cb\u003eARAMINTA HALL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the greatest, darkest writers who ever lived' \u003cb\u003eVIRGINIA FEITO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caroline Blackwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56489478357334,"sku":"9780349019062","price":13.74,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9780349019062.jpg?v=1793912928","url":"https:\/\/www.bookshop.lv\/products\/great-granny-webster-9780349019062","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}