Charlotte Mendelson's previous novel, The Exhibitionist, was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and was The Times Novel of the Year 2022, as well as a book of the year in The Guardian and Good Housekeeping. Her other novels include Almost English, which was longlisted for both the Man Booker and the Women's Prize for Fiction; When We Were Bad, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and was a book of the year in The Observer, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The New Statesman and The Spectator; Daughters of Jerusalem, which won both the Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; and Love in Idleness. Wife is her sixth novel.
[A] devastating treat of a novel: funny, furious, dark and delicious -- Sarah Waters, bestselling author of <i>Fingersmith</i>, on <i>The Exhibitionist</i> A delicious, heartbreaking family snapshot . . . Fabulously written and utterly compelling -- Marian Keyes, bestselling author of <i>Grown Ups</i>, on <i>The Exhibitionist</i> It takes the most ferocious intelligence, skill and a deep reservoir of sadness to write a novel as funny as this. I adored it -- Meg Mason, bestselling author of <i>Sorrow and Bliss</i>, on <i>The Exhibitionist</i> One of the funniest writers in Britain . . . A precision of observation that made me laugh frequently and smile when I wasn’t laughing -- <i>The Guardian </i>on <i>The Exhibitionist</i> Mendelson is a master at family drama . . . Exhilarating -- <i>The Times </i>on <i>The Exhibtionist</i> A deliciously funny tale of dysfunctional families. . . Reading Mendelson’s easy, assured prose is like sinking into something soft and velvety -- <i>The Telegraph</i> on <i>Almost English</i> As intelligent as it is funny. A beautifully observed literary comedy as well as a painfully accurate description of one big old family mess. A joy -- <i>Observer </i>on <i>When We Were Bad</i> Brilliant and witty . . . Mendelson's second bewitchingly erotic and darkly dramatic novel confirms her as a stylish, perceptive chronicler of the heart's hidden desires -- <i>Daily Mail </i>on <i>Daughters of Jerusalem</i>