{"product_id":"other-peoples-money-9781408821695","title":"Other Peoples Money","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eA darkly comic novel about a rich family on the edge of ruin, by the author of the Booker-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eIn Every Face I Meet \u003c\/i\u003eand Richard \u0026amp; Judy selection \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Other People''s Money\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is wise, droll and beautiful fiction'' \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Mitchell''\u003cb\u003eWhat a great read this is. Cartwright assembles a wonderful cast of characters in this masterpiece of a comic novel'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA high-class piece of literary entertainment'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003eThe Trevelyan family is in grave trouble.Their private bank of Tubal \u0026amp; Co. is on the verge of collapsing. It''s not the first time in its three-hundred-and-forty year history, but it may be the last.A sale is under way, and a number of important facts need to be kept hidden, not only from the public, but also from Julian Trevelyan-Tubal''s deeply traditional father, Sir Harry, who is incapacitated in the family villa in Antibes.Great families, great fortunes and even grea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOther People's Money\u003c\/i\u003e is wise, droll and beautiful fiction * David Mitchell *\u003cbr\u003eWhat a great read this is. Cartwright assembles a wonderful cast of characters in this masterpiece of a comic novel * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA high-class piece of literary entertainment * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eUrgently topical fiction with its finger on the pulse of earth-shaking events ... Cartwright¹s fiction has an uncanny habit of catching the zeitgeist in nets of fine-meshed tragi-comic steel * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eCartwright's novel displays, with triumphant accomplishment, the pleasures and the potency of on-the-spot social reportage * Sunday Times Choice *\u003cbr\u003eA delicately patterned novel about the heroic search for happiness and its ultimate fragility. The comfortable middle-class setting and faintly fairytale ending belie a portrait of family life in which concealment and compromise are never far away. Quietly moving * \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eSublime ... While the engrossing story gradually builds to the urgency of a thriller, it is the richly drawn characters who provide the novel's enduring pleasure ... a brilliantly entertaining satire * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eThis satire has many strengths - not least of all making the crash understandable to those (like me and, as we now know, bankers) who did not understand it. And there are countless moments of excellence * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eVery cleverly put together, and funny as well\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e * William Leith, Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eCaustic and entertaining * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eCartwright builds his enjoyably satirical comedy of manners ... Cartwright is a sophisticated enough writer to make the predictability of these characters seem like part of the joke, as if to underline the moribund nature of the world he depicts ... a well-paced and absorbing read\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e * Alex Clark, Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eShady dealings at a venerable family bank provide the backdrop for a masterful chronicle of the way we live now * Observer *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151263265111,"sku":"9781408821695","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/other-peoples-money-9781408821695","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}