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Frieda, the peculiar matriarch of the Palmer family, makes her family wonder what escapade she will think of next and whether her foreign grandson will inherit all her money or if the sinister atmosphere of Exmoor has caused her to lose her mind
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In a 'profoundly moving, intellectually acute' novel (Philadelphia Inquirer) that is 'as meticulous as Jane Austen, as deadly as Evelyn Waugh' (Los Angeles Times), Margaret Drabble conjures up a retired writer besieged by her three grasping children in this dazzling, wickedly gothic tale.
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