Molly Fielding's mother had been a terrible woman...'

A terrible woman indeed. One need only to look at the old sepia photograph to see a vision of nastiness. The look of cunning, the self-satisfied smile, the aura of hauteur as she watches the little Italian photographer go about his business. They say the camera never lies, but maybe this one did...

'Going into the Dark House', the title story of Jane Gardam's passionate new collection, brilliantly captures the subtly subversive qualities of her art. Quietly mesmeric and quite beautifully written, these ten stories are a delight.

Winner of the Macmillan Silver Pen Award 1995

About the Author
Jane Gardam is the only writer to have been twice awarded the Whitbread/Costa Prize for Best Novel of the Year, for The Queen of the Tambourine and The Hollow Land. She also holds a Heywood Hill Literary Prize for a lifetime's contribution to the enjoyment of literature. She is the author of five volumes of acclaimed stories: Black Faces, White Faces (David Higham Prize and the Royal Society of Literature's Winifred Holtby Prize); The Pangs of Love (Katherine Mansfield Prize); Going into a Dark House (Silver Pen Award from PEN); Missing the Midnight; and The People on Privilege Hill. Her novels include God on the Rocks, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Faith Fox; The Flight of the Maidens; the bestselling Old Filth, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 2005; The Man in the Wooden Hat; and Last Friends. Jane Gardam was born in Yorkshire. She now lives in east Kent.

Reviews
Flawlessly written, with dialogue so angular and sparky, and description - of landscapes and food - so lovely and hard edged, that they are a revelation of the extraordinary effects ordinary language can achieve. * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
The dialogue is flawless. Her grasp of characters and their evolution is enviable. In this collection of short stories she is at her finest. Sharply observed, wonderfully told tales. * YORKSHIRE POST *
Pure delight... One perfect story after another. * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Jane Gardam's stories are as good as ever. * SPECTATOR *
She does fiction as it should be done, with confidence and insight -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie * Observer *


Awards
Winner of Macmillan Silver Pen Award for Fiction 1995.



Book Information
ISBN 9780349106618
Author Jane Gardam
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Abacus
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 220g
Dimensions(mm) 202mm * 126mm * 18mm