The Peacock
Isabel Bogdan author Annie Rutherford translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:V & Q Books
Published:1st Mar '21
Should be back in stock very soon
Half a million copies sold in Germany- a Scottish romp and a bookseller favourite
A peacock goes rogue on a Scottish estate... What are the team-builders to do?
Take a dilapidated castle in the Scottish Highlands; add a peacock gone rogue, a group of bankers on a teambuilding trip, an overwhelmed psychologist, a housekeeper with a broken arm, and an ingenious cook; get Lord and Lady McIntosh to try and keep it all together; and top it off with all sorts of animals – soon no one will know exactly what’s going on. Selling 500,000 copies, Isabel Bogdan’s book is a big hitter in Germany – and now it’s coming home to roost.
‘A colossal pleasure for anyone who appreciates subtle irony.’ Brigitte magazine
‘This book is a phenomenon. I haven’t yet come across anyone who didn’t like it. Everyone smiles when they talk about it.’ Kerstin Gier
‘A colossal pleasure for anyone who appreciates subtle irony.’ Brigitte magazine
‘With subtle irony, chatty tone and dry punchlines’ Spiegel Online
‘Isabel Bogdan’s debut novel transports you into the kind of buoyant jollity only ABBA songs can achieve otherwise. That’s down to the casual but polished language. And the wonderful cast.’ emotion magazine
‘British humour made in Germany – delightful.’ Kieler Nachrichten
‘The Hamburg-based writer draws her characters and situations with such skill, you have to say: This is British humour.’ Barbara magazine
‘Isabel Bogdan has created a merry band of unforgettable characters reminiscent of John Cleese and Fawlty Towers. And her tight style produces irony worthy of comparison with authors such as Alan Bennett.’ Hamburg Emerging Writers’ Prize Jury
‘A collection of oddball characters and a turbulent plot, told with a British sense of humour.’ InStyle magazine
ISBN: 9783863912932
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 277g