{"product_id":"family-matters-by-anthony-rolls-9780712356695","title":"Family Matters","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe characters are quite extraordinarily living... A most original and grimly farcical situation. - Dorothy L. Sayers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Arthur Kewdingham is an eccentric failure of a man. In middle age, he retreats into a private world, hunting for Roman artefacts and devoting himself to bizarre mystical beliefs. Robert's wife, Bertha, feels that there are few things more dreadful than a husband who will persist in making a fool of himself in public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir marriage consists of horrible quarrels, futile arguments, and incessant bickering. Scarcely any friends will visit the Kewdinghams in their peaceful hometown, Shufflecester. Everything is wrong - and with the entrance of John Harrigall, a bohemian bachelor from London who catches Bertha's eye, things take a turn for the worse. Soon, deep passions and resentments shatter the calm facade of the Kewdinghams' lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis richly characterised and elegantly written crime novel from 1933 is a true forgotten classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFamily Matters\u003c\/em\u003e by Anthony Rolls offers a darkly comedic exploration of a disintegrating marriage and the sinister undercurrents of middle-class life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072505725164,"sku":"9780712356695","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16953563482441.jpg?v=1765114779","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/family-matters-by-anthony-rolls-9780712356695","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}