{"product_id":"9781529434453","title":"Havoc : a blistering tragicomedy from the author of I'm Sorry You Feel That Way","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Wait, Rebecca \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/07\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 400 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529434453,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A LABYRINTHINE MYSTERY OF EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY' Jo Brand'DELIRIOUS AND REWARDING' Guardian'UNMISSABLE' Woman's WeeklyFleeing Scotland in the wake of family disgrace, 16-year-old Ida Campbell secures a scholarship at a failing girls' boarding school on a remote part of the south English coast. Despite the eccentricities of her new Headmistress, who warns her of the dangers of the Cold War and the ever-present threat of the bomb, St Anne's seems like a refuge to Ida. But all this is about to change. For a start, her new room-mate is the infamous Louise Adler, potential arsonist and hardened outcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, the geography teacher Eleanor Alston, in her late thirties, a disastrous love affair in her wake, faces the new term with weary resignation. But the fragile ecosystem of the school is disrupted by the arrival of a new teacher, Matthew Langfield. Eleanor has an uneasy feeling he is not who he says he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd things only get worse when a mysterious sickness starts to spread throughout the school, causing strange limb jerks and seizures among the pupils. What is happening to the girls of St Anne's? Could there be a poisoner among them? Is Ida's scholarship really an escape, or is it instead a new nightmare?READERS ARE LOVING HAVOC:'Superb. Brilliantly funny, at times extremely poignant' ?????'Another beautifully written book by Rebecca' ?????'Utterly glorious, moving, enthralling and witty. I am so cross I have finished it' ?????'I absolutely loved the humour in this book. Bonus points for the Cold War references' ?????'Entertaining and humorous' ?????\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56452071260533,"sku":"9781529434453","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529434453.jpg?v=1765273458","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529434453","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}