The Wardrobe Mistress
Hardback Published on: 07/09/2017
Price: £14.99
Synopsis
January 1947.
London is in ruins, there's nothing to eat, and it's the coldest winter in living memory.
To make matters worse, Charlie Grice, one of the great stage actors of the day, has suddenly died. His widow Joan, the wardrobe mistress, is beside herself with grief.
Then one night she discovers Gricey's secret.
Plunged into a dark new world, Joan realises that though fascism might hide, it never dies. Her war isn't over after all.
From the bestselling author of *[Asylum](/book/asylum/patrick-mcgrath/9780241973677)* and [*Constance*](/book/constance/patrick-mcgrath/9781408843321)
'After reading The Wardrobe Mistress, you'll never look at a Singer sewing machine without a shiver… [McGrath] is a master of the creepy…[he] creates a wonderfully specific sense of place and time.' - *The Times*
'[W]onderfully sinister ... a delight ... you are in for a thrilling ride.' - *Spectator*
'A brilliant evocation of the theatrical world's seedy glamour, The Wardrobe Mistress is also a moving portrait of a woman struggling to make sense of her past and imagine a future for herself.' - *Sunday Times*
'Ghosts of the theatre and the spectre of fascism haunt cold and grimy London in this atmospheric tale from a master of the grotesque.' - *Guardian*
Publisher information
- Publisher: Cornerstone
- ISBN: 9781786330574
- Number of pages: 320
- Dimensions: 222 x 144 x 30 mm
- Weight: 461g