Death of a She Devil by Fay Weldon out today
Everyone's talking about feminism and gender. But to make up your own mind, you need to discover the She Devil for yourself.
In 1983, Fay Weldon published her most famous book, The Life and Loves of a She Devil. Written in the teeth of the feminist revolution, it is a wickedly funny revenge fantasy about a woman seizing power in a male-dominated world.
But these days, it's women who have the power. What's more, they enjoy an easier life than men. So what would the She Devil look like now? The answer is in this brilliant sequel. Tyler Patchett is a new kind of 'heroine'. He's an ultra-confident, twenty-something man. But he won’t be satisfied with his life until he can transition into the ultimate symbol of power and status: a woman…
About the author:
Fay Weldon started out as one of the most successful advertising copywriters of her generation. Her credits as a writer now include classic novels such as The Life and Loves of a She Devil and The Cloning of Joanna May, and her work includes more than twenty novels, five collections of short stories, several children’s books, non-fiction books, magazine articles, and a number of plays. In 2001 Fay was awarded a CBE for services to literature. Now she is back with the much-anticipated Death of A She Devil.
Praise for Fay Weldon
““Experimental in form, and vernacular in style, her work is distinguished not only by her virtuosity as a writer but by her fearlessness, her refusal to accept orthodoxies”
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““If you want to know about the man-woman thing, read Fay Weldon””
““A tour de force: a macabre, fast-moving moral fable””
““More audacious and striking in design than anything that has gone before...carried out with such dash and glitter””
““A savage, sadistic even, but beautifully and compellingly written satire””
