The Bee Sting Hardback -

Hardback. New. <p><b>Irresistibly funny, wise and thought-provoking </b><b>- a tragicomic tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart...<br /></b><br /><b><i>'</i>It's a thing of beauty, a novel that will fill your heart' <i>Observer</i></b><br /><br /><b>'I experienced every possible human emotion while reading <i>The Bee Sting</i>... Its ambition and scale are astonishing. A remarkable feat of storytelling' Mark O'Connell</b><br /><br />The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under - but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewellery on while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way to her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to his grand plan to run away from home. <br /><br />Where did it all go wrong? A patch of ice on the tarmac, a casual favour to a charming stranger, a bee caught beneath a bridal veil - can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? And if the story has already been written - is there still time to find a happy ending?</p>