{"product_id":"9781786090003","title":"The Wardrobe Mistress","description":"\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eASYLUM\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTRAUMA\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eSPIDER\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e'[W]onderfully sinister … a delight … you are in for a thrilling ride.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A brilliant evocation of the theatrical world’s seedy glamour, \u003ci\u003eThe Wardrobe Mistress\u003c\/i\u003e is also a moving portrait of a woman struggling to make sense of her past and imagine a future for herself.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Ghosts of the theatre and the spectre of fascism haunt cold and grimy London in this atmospheric tale from a master of the grotesque.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e'[A] rich and highly spiced feast of a novel, even before it reaches its classically gothic McGrath climax.' \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e‘[An] unnerving thriller.’ \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eStylist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJANUARY 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLondon is in ruins, there’s nothing to eat, and it’s the coldest winter in living memory. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThen 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'McGrath has the gift, the storyteller's gift, to compel attention, so that you gaze rapt into the fire and listen to the tale unfold.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'McGrath is one of the age's most elegantly accomplished divers into the human psyche . . . a master writer.' John Banville\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘McGrath is that rare yet essential thing, a writer who can expose our darkest fears without making us run away from them.' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042865856752,"sku":"9781786090003","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786090003_p0.jpg?v=1763728613","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786090003","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}