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The Insect Farm
Stuart Prebble
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Description for The Insect Farm
Paperback. A cleverly plotted mystery with a shock ending, The Insect Farm - Stuart Prebble's awaited new novel - will linger long in the mind of its readers. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Brothers Jonathan and Roger Maguire each have an obsession. For Jonathan, it is his beautiful and talented girlfriend Harriet. For Roger, it is the elaborate universe he has constructed in a shed in their parents' garden, populated by millions of tiny insects. But Roger lives in an impenetrable world of his own and, after the mysterious death of their parents, Jonathan is forced to give up his studies to take care of him. This obligation forces Jonathan to live apart from Harriet - further fuelling his already jealous nature. Their lives are abruptly shattered ... Read more
Brothers Jonathan and Roger Maguire each have an obsession. For Jonathan, it is his beautiful and talented girlfriend Harriet. For Roger, it is the elaborate universe he has constructed in a shed in their parents' garden, populated by millions of tiny insects. But Roger lives in an impenetrable world of his own and, after the mysterious death of their parents, Jonathan is forced to give up his studies to take care of him. This obligation forces Jonathan to live apart from Harriet - further fuelling his already jealous nature. Their lives are abruptly shattered ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Surrey, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846883897
SKU
V9781846883897
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5
About Stuart Prebble
Apart from being one of the leading broadcasters and producers of his generation, Stuart Prebble is an acclaimed writer of fiction and non-fiction. Among his publications are two novels, five comedy books based on the Grumpy Old Men TV series which he produced and, more recently, a book about the Falklands War, Secrets of the Conqueror, published by Faber and ... Read more
Reviews for The Insect Farm
Cleverly plotted and compulsively readable.
Mail on Sunday
Chilling and suspenseful, rich and human.
Lee Child Cleverly plotted and compulsively readable.
Mail on Sunday
Only rarely do a gripping psychological crime story and a literary writer's insight and masterful style coincide. But The Insect Farm has that distinction. You'll read this book fast, so compelling ... Read more
Mail on Sunday
Chilling and suspenseful, rich and human.
Lee Child Cleverly plotted and compulsively readable.
Mail on Sunday
Only rarely do a gripping psychological crime story and a literary writer's insight and masterful style coincide. But The Insect Farm has that distinction. You'll read this book fast, so compelling ... Read more