Good Behaviour: A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick – Booker Prize Gems: Virago Modern Classics
Autor Molly Keaneen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 ian 2025
Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic St Charles family is sinking into a state of decaying grace. Aroon, the unlovely daughter of the house, silently longs for affection - which she receives neither from her icy mother nor her hunting-obsessed father. The fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem stifled by the rules of good behaviour. But no crumbling codes of conduct can save the members of the St Charles family from their own dark secrets and repressed cruelties . . .
Introduced by Maggie O'Farrell
'Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy' VOGUE
'Dark, complex, engaging . . . a wonderful tour de force' MARIAN KEYES
'I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian and dissector of human behaviour' MAGGIE O'FARRELL
'I really wish I had written this book...You read it with mounting horror and hilarity' HILARY MANTEL
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780349019604
ISBN-10: 0349019606
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 126 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Seriile Virago Modern Classics, VMC
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0349019606
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 126 x 198 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Seriile Virago Modern Classics, VMC
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
She was . . . marvellous
A fine novel, wickedly alive
Molly Keane's Good Behaviour presents a character whose own strict Christian code wreaks havoc on all those around her. Though she herself tells the tale, we somehow see her morality's disastrous consequences. Hilarious and sinister
I really wish I had written this book. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the First World War. A real work of craftsmanship, where the heroine is also the narrator, yet has no idea what is going on. You read it with mounting horror and hilarity as you begin to grasp her delusion
I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian, and dissector of human behaviour. I love all her books, but Good Behaviour and Loving and Giving are the ones I return to most
Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection . . . its human relationships tortured like bonsai by good form, its open-hearted, sensual passion for horses, dogs and landscape
Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy
Enchanting
Dark, complex, engaging . . . a wonderful tour de force
Wily, shrewd, and terribly sad all at the same time: the story of a soul shrivelling against cool, dark, shiny backgrounds
I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved
A writer of genius
Good Behaviour includes very little good behaviour, featuring instead delicious and deleterious accounts of illicit sex and wild high jinks, and a mother-daughter duo who can scrap with the best of them
A witty, black comedy of manners, Good Behaviour is a memorable novel by an Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen
An extraordinary tour de force of fictional presentation... a masterpiece... a technically remarkable work, as sharp as a blade... Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy.
A witty, black comedy of manners, GOOD BEHAVIOUR is a memorable novel by an Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen.
A fine novel, wickedly alive
We kept our heads above the morass, stifled screaming despairs only by the exercise of Good Behaviour.
Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family is sinking into a state of decaying grace. Aroon, the unlovely daughter of the house, silently longs for affection and approval - neither of which are to be found from her icily elegant mother or her hunting-obsessed father. The fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem shut out by the rituals of Good Behaviour. But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the St Charles family from their own dark secrets and unruly desires...
Introduced by Maggie O'Farrell
'Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy' VOGUE
'Dark, complex, engaging . . . a wonderful tour de force' MARIAN KEYES
'I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian and dissector of human behaviour' MAGGIE O'FARRELL
'I really wish I had written this book...You read it with mounting horror and hilarity' HILARY MANTEL
A fine novel, wickedly alive
Molly Keane's Good Behaviour presents a character whose own strict Christian code wreaks havoc on all those around her. Though she herself tells the tale, we somehow see her morality's disastrous consequences. Hilarious and sinister
I really wish I had written this book. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the First World War. A real work of craftsmanship, where the heroine is also the narrator, yet has no idea what is going on. You read it with mounting horror and hilarity as you begin to grasp her delusion
I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian, and dissector of human behaviour. I love all her books, but Good Behaviour and Loving and Giving are the ones I return to most
Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection . . . its human relationships tortured like bonsai by good form, its open-hearted, sensual passion for horses, dogs and landscape
Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy
Enchanting
Dark, complex, engaging . . . a wonderful tour de force
Wily, shrewd, and terribly sad all at the same time: the story of a soul shrivelling against cool, dark, shiny backgrounds
I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved
A writer of genius
Good Behaviour includes very little good behaviour, featuring instead delicious and deleterious accounts of illicit sex and wild high jinks, and a mother-daughter duo who can scrap with the best of them
A witty, black comedy of manners, Good Behaviour is a memorable novel by an Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen
An extraordinary tour de force of fictional presentation... a masterpiece... a technically remarkable work, as sharp as a blade... Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy.
A witty, black comedy of manners, GOOD BEHAVIOUR is a memorable novel by an Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen.
A fine novel, wickedly alive
We kept our heads above the morass, stifled screaming despairs only by the exercise of Good Behaviour.
Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family is sinking into a state of decaying grace. Aroon, the unlovely daughter of the house, silently longs for affection and approval - neither of which are to be found from her icily elegant mother or her hunting-obsessed father. The fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem shut out by the rituals of Good Behaviour. But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the St Charles family from their own dark secrets and unruly desires...
Introduced by Maggie O'Farrell
'Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy' VOGUE
'Dark, complex, engaging . . . a wonderful tour de force' MARIAN KEYES
'I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian and dissector of human behaviour' MAGGIE O'FARRELL
'I really wish I had written this book...You read it with mounting horror and hilarity' HILARY MANTEL
Notă biografică
Molly Keane, with an introduction by Amy Gentry