{"product_id":"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of genuine black humour' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece . . . her humour is as wicked as it is mordant' \u003c\/b\u003eJOHN BANVILLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Caroline Blackwood sits firmly alongside the greats like Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith' \u003c\/b\u003eARAMINTA HALL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Idiosyncratic, dark and extremely funny' \u003c\/b\u003eLUCY SCHOLES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A unique literary experience' \u003c\/b\u003ePHILIP LARKIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As gripping as a whodunit' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shocking, brilliant, and wickedly funny\u003ci\u003e, Great Granny Webster\u003c\/i\u003e is Caroline Blackwood's best book' \u003c\/b\u003eJONATHAN RABAN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57440347947381,"sku":"9780349019062","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9780349019062.jpg?v=1785421150","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9780349019062","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}