Death of a She Devil - Softcover

Weldon, Fay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784979600 ISBN 13: 9781784979607

Publisher: Head of Zeus, 2017

Synopsis

In Fay Weldon's 1983 classic, The Life and Loves of a She Devil, women fought men for power and won. But in 2018, the fight continues on a new front...

Ruth Patchett, the original She Devil, is eighty-four and keen to retire. She has worked hard to make the world as she wants it: women triumphant, men submissive. Now she is tired. Her business is done. The mantle of power and influence is up for grabs.

Who can take up the role? Valerie Valeria, hot-shot millennial and Ruth's PA, is ready and eager to inherit...

About this title

Review:

'Elegantly written, sharply perceptive and fantastically good fun' Daily Mail.

'She's a queen of words. A tribal elder' Caitlin Moran.

'Funny, waspish and acute ... A fierce retrospective on the achievements of the women's movement - and its cost - and a defiant hurrah for grumpy old women' The Times.

'One of our very best writers' The Sunday Times.

'A brilliant black comedy' Mail on Sunday Event magazine.

'Fay has been incredibly vocal about transgender issues, and her new book features her trademark black humour - and some shocking twists' Closer.

'A bawdy controversial read' Woman & Home.

'It's good to have Fay Weldon back, poking the hornet's nest of modern feminism with her sly eye' Daily Express.

'Weldon's amused defiance is irresistible' Mail on Sunday.

'Scalpel-sharp and laceratingly funny' Good Housekeeping.

About the Author:

Fay Weldon is now recognized as one of our most important and distinctive literary voices. She published her first novel, A Fat Woman's Joke, in 1967, and has gone on to write over thirty works. In 2001, she received a CBE for services to literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1784979600
• ISBN 13: 9781784979607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352