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How to Kill Your Family

byBella Mackie

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy dark humor, satirical takes on family dynamics, and strong antihero characters.

Topics RevengeFamilyIdentityDark Humor
MoodDark, Humorous
Female protagonist
HumorDark Humor
ViolenceModerate
'I loved this book' RICHARD OSMAN 'An antiheroine able to best villainous male protagonists such as Patrick Bateman any day' OBSERVER 'Deliciously addictive...brilliantly executed' i PAPER Cosmopolitan and Grazia's best books of 2021 · Kill my family · Make a claim on their fortune · Get away with the above · Adopt a dog Meet Grace Bernard. Daughter, sister, colleague, friend, serial killer... Grace has lost everything. And now she wants revenge. How to Kill Your Family is a fierce and addictive novel about class, family, love... and murder. ------------------------ 'I've struggled to recover my reading mojo since lockdown. This turned out to be the thing that sparked it back to life... Funny, sharp, dark and twisted, Grace is a character I found myself rooting for even as she committed the most vile misdeeds' JOJO MOYES 'Funny and furious and strangely uplifting. Grace is a bitter and beguiling anti-hero with a keen eye for social analysis - even in her most grisly deeds, you never stop rooting for her' PANDORA SYKES 'Chilling, but also laugh-out-loud funny. Another corker' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Addictive... Grace Bernard is one of the most intriguing and bewitching protagonists I've read in years' EMMA GANNON 'A funny, compulsive read about family dysfuction and the media's obsession with murder' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE 'You'll be gripped... Grace's emotional detachment throughout will give you chills' Rated 5 stars by COSMOPOLITAN 'Hilarious and dark' ELLE 'Ironic twists and caustic commentary on everything from liberal guilt to the consumerist con that is 'selfcare' sharpen this debut novel' OBSERVER 'Brilliantly tongue-in-cheek stuff from the Vogue columnist' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'Witty, waspish satire of a murderer with no regrets' GRAZIA 'Original, funny, unique and such a refreshing read' PRIMA 'A deliciously dark debut novel' RED 'One very entertaining read' WOMAN'S WAY How To Kill Your Family was number 2 in the Sunday Times hardback chart on 27/07/2021

Language

en

Published on

14/04/2022

Pages

368

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780008365943

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