Death of a She Devil - Softcover

Weldon, Fay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784979619 ISBN 13: 9781784979614

Publisher: Head of Zeus, 2018

Synopsis

"The women of the world gave up romance, subservience and submission, and once empowered, took to hard work, truth and reality. Much good has it done them." Ruth Patchett, the original She Devil, is now 84, and keen to retire. But who can take up her mantle? Enter Tyler Patchett, our new kind of heroine and Ruth's grandson. He's an ultra-confident, 23-year-old man: beautiful, resentful and unemployed. Tyler won't be satisfied until he can transition into the ultimate symbol of power and status. A woman. In Fay Weldon's 1983 classic, The Life and Loves of a She Devil, women fought men for power and won. In 2017, men take a decisive step to get their power back.

About this title

About the Author:

Fay Weldon is now recognized as one of our most important and distinctive literary voices. She published her first novel, A Fat Woman's Joke, in 1967, and has gone on to write over 30 works. In 2001, she received a CBE for services to literature.

Review:

“Weldon’s freakishly eccentric antiheroes and antiheroines enliven this contemporary manifesto on power, transformation, and the illusion of authority." —Booklist

"Funny, waspish and acute . . . A fierce retrospective on the achievements of the women's movement—and its cost—and a defiant hurrah for grumpy old women."—Times

"She's a queen of words. A tribal elder." —Caitlin Moran, author, How to Be a Woman

"One of our very best writers." —Sunday Times

"Weldon's amused defiance is irresistible." —Mail on Sunday

"A brilliant black comedy." —Mail on Sunday

About this edition

• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1784979619
• ISBN 13: 9781784979614
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352