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CAROLINE BLACKWOOD'S MASTERPIECE, SHORTLISTED FOR THE 1977 BOOKER PRIZE *A New Yorker summer reading pick of 2026* 'Full of genuine black humour' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS 'A darkly comic treat' CHRIS POWER, OBSERVER 'Wickedly amusing' SUNDAY TIMES 'A masterpiece . . . her humour is as wicked as it...

THE PITCH-BLACK REDISCOVERED CLASSIC From the Booker-shortlisted author of Great Granny Webster, this twisted modern classic is perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Celia Dale. 'One of the greatest, darkest writers who ever lived' Virginia Feito 'This chillingly profound story drips with...

Discover Caroline Blackwood's darkly brilliant debut - a perfect rediscovered classic for fans of Shirley Jackson and Ottessa Moshfegh 'A bracingly nasty book . . . Splendid, dark, often very funny' MEGAN NOLAN, Telegraph A lavish Upper West Side apartment is the site of a familial cold war...

The blackly funny psychological thriller from the author of GREAT GRANNY WEBSTER Corrigan is at once a mordant comedy of manners and a very modern morality play. Since her husband's death, the increasingly frail Mrs. Blunt has had only her trips to his grave to look forward to. Her raucous...