Notes on a Scandal - Softcover
A lonely schoolteacher reveals more than she intends when she records the story of her best friend's affair with a pupil in this sly, insightful novel Schoolteacher Barbara Covett has led a solitary existence; aside from her cat, Portia, she has few friends and no intimates. When Sheba Hart joins St. George's as the new art teacher, Barbara senses the possibility of a new friendship. It begins with lunches and continues with regular invitations to meals with Sheba's seemingly close-knit family. But as Barbara and Sheba's relationship develops, another does as well: Sheba has begun a passionate affair with an underage male student. When it comes to light and Sheba falls prey to the inevitable media circus, Barbara decides to write an account in her freind's defense-an account that reveals not only Sheba's secrets but her own. What Was She Thinking? is a story of repression and passion, envy and complacence, friendship and loneliness. A complex psychological portrait framed as a wicked satire, it is by turns funny, poignant, and sinister. With it, Zoë Heller surpasses the promise of her critically acclaimed first novel, Everything You Know.
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- PublisherFaber and Faber
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0571236103
- ISBN 13 9780571236107
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- Number of pages128
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When Sheba Hart the attractive new 42-year-old pottery teacher at St. George's School has an illicit affair with her 15-year-old pupil Steven Connolly, no one really understands why. Barbara Covett, a history teacher at the same school and Sheba's confidant, sets out to painstakingly document the 'scandal' in order to defend her friend. Her aim is to explain Sheba's breakdown in the light of the media circus that has surrounded the accusations of 'indecent assault'. However during her subjective observation of Sheba's story, Barbara unwittingly reveals her own unenviable lifestyle to the reader.Notes of a Scandal is an amusing and at times disturbing look at infatuation and the nature of obsession. It is a real triumph for Zoe Heller. She successfully manages to merge comedy and pathos to create an intelligent, yet subversive portrayal of the British class system and the censure of the tabloid press.Heller takes a 'scandal', which in reality is becoming commonplace and examines it from all the angles. The real focus of the novel inevitably falls on the subjectivity of the 'truth' behind the rumours. An amusing and at times disturbing look at infatuation and the nature of obsession. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780571236107
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