Notes On A Scandal
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What begins as an unlikely friendship between two teachers at a London comprehensive school spirals into an electrifying tale of obsession, betrayal, and moral reckoning. Notes on a Scandal chronicles the story of Sheba Hart, a glamorous art teacher who embarks on a forbidden affair with a fifteen-year-old student, as witnessed and narrated by her older colleague Barbara Covett — a solitary, sharp-tongued woman whose motivations prove far more complex and sinister than they first appear. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2003, this gripping psychological drama is as much a study of loneliness and manipulation as it is a portrait of scandal. Zoë Heller constructs her narrative with razor-sharp precision, deploying an unreliable narrator to masterful effect — a technique that forces the reader to question every carefully chosen word. The novel dissects class, desire, female friendship, and the dangerous power of secrets with unsettling clarity. Heller's prose is at once darkly comic and deeply unnerving, drawing the reader into Barbara's world with an intimacy that feels almost complicit. By the final page, one is left to wonder: who, truly, is the greater predator?
Author: Zoë Heller
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What begins as an unlikely friendship between two teachers at a London comprehensive school spirals into an electrifying tale of obsession, betrayal, and moral reckoning. Notes on a Scandal chronicles the story of Sheba Hart, a glamorous art teacher who embarks on a forbidden affair with a fifteen-year-old student, as witnessed and narrated by her older colleague Barbara Covett — a solitary, sharp-tongued woman whose motivations prove far more complex and sinister than they first appear. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2003, this gripping psychological drama is as much a study of loneliness and manipulation as it is a portrait of scandal. Zoë Heller constructs her narrative with razor-sharp precision, deploying an unreliable narrator to masterful effect — a technique that forces the reader to question every carefully chosen word. The novel dissects class, desire, female friendship, and the dangerous power of secrets with unsettling clarity. Heller's prose is at once darkly comic and deeply unnerving, drawing the reader into Barbara's world with an intimacy that feels almost complicit. By the final page, one is left to wonder: who, truly, is the greater predator?