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Published : Thursday 7 February 2019
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Description
Literary black comedy with lashings of thriller. Adult children take revenge on their brutal father, but the victim crawls back ... A wise and beautiful book about what it feels like to be alive Zadie Smith Fast-moving, energetic, constantly surprising Hilary Mantel Supremely artful Lionel Shriver
Who attacked Dad? When corrupt, brutal dentist Albert Ludd is found battered and bloody after failing to attend a memorial party for his youngest son, a solider, suspicion falls on his other children, especially 37-year-old buxom bruiser Monica, who was heard uttering threats against her absent father. How come her car is found outside his house? Why did she buy a large axe? Yet, Monica's a deputy head. Blood is a Gothic black comedy seen through the eyes of six-foot Monica, who speaks her secret thoughts aloud and who has been banned by the principal of her school, from using social media: Parents are sensitive to abuse. Governors query `moron' and `twat'. Blood asks serious questions about modern life: what can we do with the brutal men who bully women and the weak? Can we wait for a world of order and justice? If we hit back, can the circle of violence ever be broken?
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