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The Radleys

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Mark Meadows
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FAMILIES. SOMETIMES THEY'RE A BLOODY NIGHTMARE . . .

Life with the Radleys: Radio 4, dinner parties with the Bishopthorpe neighbours and self-denial. Loads of self-denial. But all hell is about to break loose. When teenage daughter Clara gets attacked on the way home from a party, she and her brother Rowan finally discover why they can't sleep, can't eat a Thai salad without fear of asphyxiation and can't go outside unless they're smothered in Factor 50.

With a visit from their lethally louche Uncle Will and an increasingly suspicious police force, life in Bishopthorpe is about to change. Drastically.

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Critic reviews

"Addictive"
"Highly recommended"
"Great fun"
"Red-blooded fiction at its most seductive"
"Haig's very original spin on the [vampire] myth is insightful, frightening and uplifting"
"Delightfully eccentric . . . a strangely moving portrait of a marriage"
"Delightfully new and, unusually, rather English . . . An enjoyably twisty and self-aware tale"
"Haig writes in addictive, bitesize chapters that pump the action along . . . All vampire fiction has a strong sexual element, but in this book, the passion's not just for the pale-faced teens"
"Beautifully written . . . I just loved The Radleys" (JO BRAND)
"A sharp, bloody tale of abstinence and indulgence (and trying not to eat the neighbours)" (STEVEN HALL)
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Typical Haig… dark humour, witty, moving, fun! Once I took the time to actually get into I thoroughly enjoyed the family drama with a vampire twist.

Can’t believe how much I loved this

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Loved this book! More so than The Midnight Library which became a little repetitive.
The Radleys and The Humans have to be Haigs best books 👍

Loved it

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I didn’t realise the subject matter at first or I probably wouldn’t have read it, however I actually enjoyed this book.

A good listen

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I've read lots of Matt Haig's later books and I'm not really a 'vampire stories' reader, but I really enjoyed this! Quirky, interesting and clever story line

A real surprise!

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Good interesting and entertaining story about modern day vampires and how they came to be part of everyday society

Modern day vampires

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