Bad Relations

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A TALE OF A TRAGEDY SEEPING THROUGH GENERATIONS, AND A FAMILY FRACTURED BY HISTORY AND DESIRE - available for pre-order now

''A writer who seems able to peer directly into the human heart'' John Preston

On the battlefields of the Crimea, William Gale cradles the still-warm body of his brother. William''s experience of war will bring about a change in him that will reverberate through his family over the next two centuries.
In the 1970s, William''s descendants invite Stephen, a distant relation, to stay in their house in the English countryside - but their golden summer entanglements will end in a shocking fall from grace.

Half a century later, a confrontation between the surviving members of the family will culminate in a terrible reckoning.

Praise for AFTER THE PARTY:

''Uncanny, evocative, atmospheric'' Sunday Times

''Connolly is a terrifically subtle writer... [she] slyly sweeps her readers into the period drama as tensions tauten between families and social classes'' Daily Telegraph

''Profound and moving and completely original, with a storyline that is completely satisfying. It''ll be one of those novels that stays in my mind forever... it''s a work of art'' Craig Brown

''I finished it in two days flat and I''ve never read anything quite like it'' Hilary Spurling

''Wonderfully subtle and interesting... with a compelling voice'' Linda Grant

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