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Book SynopsisA Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection
Shortlisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize, Zoë Heller''s Notes on a Scandal is a darkly compelling novel that explores the taboo subject of pupil/teacher relationships, obsession and betrayal.
From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George''s history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced she has found a kindred spirit. Barbara''s loyalty to her new friend is passionate and unstinting and when Sheba is discovered having an illicit affair with one of her pupils, Barbara quickly elects herself as Sheba''s chief defender. But all is not as it first seems in this dark story and, as Sheba will soon discover, a friend can be just as treacherous as any lover.
''Brilliant, nasty, gripping'' Zadie Smith
''Compelling, dark, sexy'' Observer
''Superbly gripping. One of the most compelling books I''ve read in ages'' Daily Telegraph<
Trade Review
Fascinating, brilliant, horribly addictive * Guardian *
Outstanding, brilliantly understated and blackly funny * Daily Telegraph *
Brilliant, nasty, gripping -- Zadie Smith * Observer *
Deliciously sinister * Daily Mail *
Compelling, dark, sexy * Observer *
Deliciously perverse, laugh-out-loud-funny * Vogue *
