From the author of the Man Booker prize-winners 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bo
dies' comes a story of suburban mayhem and merciless, hilarious revenge. Barrica
ded inside their house filled with festering rubbish, unhealthy smells and their
secrets, the Axon family baffle Isabel Field, the latest in a long line of soci
al workers. Isabel has other problems too: a randy, untrustworthy father and a s
lackly romantic lover, Colin Sidney, history teacher to unresponsive yobs and fa
ther of a parcel of horrible children.