The Lie of the Land

Part Trollope and part Jilly Cooper, and as satisfying a novel as I have read in years. It is a wickedly observant comedy of manners, very alert to the way we live now, but somehow never cruel or judgmental.

Chosen as Book of the Year by The Guardian, Observer, Telegraph, New Statesman, Evening Standard, Sunday Times, and Irish Times.

"Terrific, page-turning, slyly funny." - India Knight

"As satisfying a novel as I have read in years." - Sarah Perry

"Amanda Craig is one of the most brilliant and entertaining novelists now working in Britain." - Alison Lurie

Quentin and Lottie Bredin, like many modern couples, can't afford to divorce. Having lost their jobs in the recession, they can't afford to go on living in London.