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Sales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales ADVANCE INFORMATIONInJudgementof OthersEleanor AnstrutherKEY SELLING POINTSAsatiricalnovelwhich makes aseriouspointaboutmentalillnessandthewaywetreatit.Setinthepolitesociety ofamarkettowninthesouthof Englandwhich,belowthesurface, is rifewith prejudice andhypocrisy.A story which examines the traits, addictions and failings of the English middle classes.TheMidhurstAmateurDramatic Society areputting onaproductionofNoel Coward%u2019s BlitheSpirit, and Tessa hasagreedto playapart. Butwhenshesuffersapsychoticepisode, Ros, aC-listcelebrity andnewtothe community, takes her place.Inthis darklycomictaleof psychosis in theHome Counties, thestage is setfora blistering examination of mentalillness, howwetreatitandwhywedon%u2019t.WhileTessais sectionedinasecurepsychiatrichospital, the relationships inthecommunityunravel,andby thetimeshe%u2019sreleased,allthatwethoughtweknew,and all of our judgements, are thrown into question.Dim the lights, turn off your phones, settle in as the curtain rises%u2026Eleanor Anstruther was born London, educated in Westminster and studied History of Art at Manchester Universitywhereshewasdistractedfromfinishing herdegree by atripto India.Shewaslostandfoundforthe nexttwelveyears,startingacommuneandtravellingtheworldbeforefinallysettlingdowntowrite.Her acclaimeddebutnovel,APerfectExplanation(SaltBooks),waslong-listedfortheDesmondElliottPrize.She nowlivesquietlyonafarminSurrey.Comparative title: 9781784631642 A Perfect Explanation (March 2019)Publication Date: 28th October 2024 %u00a39.99 ISBN:9781836280002 Thema subject category: FBA%u2013Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literarypaperback 198 x 129 mm 264 pp Portrait Authorlocation:Surrey