{"product_id":"great-granny-webster-caroline-blackwood-9780349019062","title":"Great Granny Webster","description":"\u003cp\u003eCAROLINE BLACKWOOD'S MASTERPIECE, SHORTLISTED FOR THE 1977 BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*A New Yorker summer reading pick of 2026*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Full of genuine black humour' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A darkly comic treat' CHRIS POWER, OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Wickedly amusing' SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A masterpiece . . . her humour is as wicked as it is mordant' JOHN BANVILLE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her gloomy mausoleum of a home, the terrifying matriarch Great Granny Webster spends her days sitting bolt upright in a Victorian chair, entirely alone except for her one-eyed maid - and her orphaned great-granddaughter, sent to stay for the sea air. She presides over three generations of ill-fated women, and a twisted family history which spools back through hedonistic 20s London to a crumbling aristocratic pile where two children are kept silently hidden in a distant wing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis macabre, viciously funny, partly autobiographical novel cuts to the bone of a dysfunctional dynasty, and captures Blackwood at her pitch-black best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Idiosyncratic, dark and extremely funny' LUCY SCHOLES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A unique literary experience' PHILIP LARKIN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Gloriously wicked' THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'As gripping as a whodunit' TLS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Shocking, brilliant, and wickedly funny, Great Granny Webster is Caroline Blackwood's best book' JONATHAN RABAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Caroline Blackwood sits firmly alongside the greats like Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith' ARAMINTA HALL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'One of the greatest, darkest writers who ever lived' VIRGINIA FEITO\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caroline Blackwood","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":68340851343603,"sku":"9780349019062","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780349019062.jpg?v=1793732322","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/great-granny-webster-caroline-blackwood-9780349019062","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}