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Book SynopsisHow happily married are the happily married?
Home, I'm Darling is a dark comedy about sex, cake and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife.
Judy has Johnny''s slippers waiting for him when he arrives home from work, the kitchen''s clean, the rooms are aired...yet this is not the 1950s, but a 21st-century ''arrangement'' agreed between the two of them. With clothes, furniture and a (faulty) fridge from the 1950s, Judy and Johnny try to ''live the dream'', with specific roles and a perfectly ordered life.
Trade Review‘Beautifully observed… Wade’s gifts as a satirist are beyond doubt.’ * Evening Standard *
‘This is an extraordinary feat – a vicious satire with a heart of gold – wrought with peculiar subtlety and intelligence.’ * The Spectator *
‘The tension, the emotions and the sense of absurdity and fear are brilliantly handled… A terrifying tour de force.’ * Sunday Times *
Other Hands: 'An extraordinary feat - a vicious satire with a heart of gold. * The Spectator *
Colder Than Here: 'A masterpiece, a jewel, dark but translucent.' * Sunday Times *
