{"product_id":"great-granny-webster-by-caroline-blackwood","title":"Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA MASTERPIECE, SHORTLISTED FOR THE 1977 BOOKER PRIZE*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Full of genuine black humour' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS'A masterpiece . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eher humour is as wicked as it is mordant' JOHN BANVILLE'Caroline Blackwood sits firmly alongside the greats like Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith' ARAMINTA HALLI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003en her gloomy mausoleum of a home, the terrifying matriarch Great Granny Webster spends her days sitting bolt upright in a Victorian chair, entirely alone except for her one-eyed maid - and her orphaned great-granddaughter, sent to stay for the sea air. She presides over three generations of ill-fated women, and a twisted family history which spools back through hedonistic 20s London to a crumbling aristocratic pile where two children are kept silently hidden in a distant wing. This macabre, viciously funny, partly autobiographical novel cuts to the bone of a dysfunctional dynasty, and captures Blackwood at her pitch-black best.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Idiosyncratic, dark and extremely funny' LUCY SCHOLES'A unique literary experience' PHILIP LARKIN'As gripping as a whodunit' TLS'Shocking, brilliant, and wickedly funny, Great Granny Webster is Caroline Blackwood's best book' JONATHAN RABAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 160 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Virago Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9780349019062\u003cbr\u003ePublished:6 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Classic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eWeight:148g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65415634059613,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9780349019062.jpg?v=1785423401","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/great-granny-webster-by-caroline-blackwood","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}