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  • Published: 1 June 2021
  • ISBN: 9780241430323
  • Imprint: Fig Tree
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $26.00
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The Good, the Bad and the Little Bit Stupid




A laugh-out-loud novel about family, bank fraud and Britain from the bestselling author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

After walking out on his wife to shack up with 'Brexit Brenda' next door, George Pantis thinks he's got it made - especially when he wins millions on a Kosovan lottery he barely remembers entering. Unfortunately, he can't access the money because he's forgotten his password. What is he meant to tell all the forceful people who keep appearing at his doorstep desperate to know his mother's maiden name? The situation is shadier than he thinks, and George is need of rescue. But will his dysfunctional family be able to save him, and in the process, can they save each other?

  • Published: 1 June 2021
  • ISBN: 9780241430323
  • Imprint: Fig Tree
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $26.00
Categories:

About the author

Marina Lewycka

Marina Lewycka's novel A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian was long-listed for the 2005 Man Booker Prize and short-listed for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction. Subsequent novels include Various Pets Alive and Dead; Two Caravans; We Are All Made of Glue and The Lubetkin Legacy.

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Praise for The Good, the Bad and the Little Bit Stupid

Lewycka is a seriously talented comic writer

Time Out

Lively . . . a joy to read

The Times, on The Lubetkin Legacy

Delightful, funny, touching . . . A rare treat, all too easy to gulp down in one greedy sitting

Spectator, on A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Immensely appealing. All but sings with zest for life . . . could hardly be more engaging, shrewd and winningly perceptive

Sunday Times, on Two Caravans

Extremely funny, closely observed insights, scenes of farce, tragedy and horror

The Times Literary Supplement

Lewycka has carved out a reputation for tackling Big Topics with wit and humour

Radio Times

This brisk Brexit fable is warmly funny

Daily Mail

Her state-of-the-nation novel crackles with zingy one-liners and shrewd humour

Mail on Sunday