{"product_id":"trouble-makers","title":"Trouble-Makers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trouble-Makers\u003c\/i\u003e (1963) was Celia Fremlin's fourth novel and - as Chris Simmons contends in his new preface to this Faber Finds edition - has a case to be considered among her very best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatharine is a suburban housewife, desultorily unemployed, unhappily married, struggling to keep up appearances but consoled to some degree by the even more aggravated woes of her next-door neighbour Mary - until, that is, Katharine is brought to the disturbing realisation that Mary's predicament is in fact substantially worse. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cleverly devised story. A chorus of nicely-characterised suburban wives speculate on Mary's troubles. Fremlin builds up the whole thing into a crescendo of horror.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One again Fremlin shows how incomparably more chilling is her quiet, semifactual style than some of the hysterical sentimentalities from Over the Water.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224081289560,"sku":"9780571312962","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571312962_faa39892-da1f-462c-9e13-af5c51d9581a.jpg?v=1765950342","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/trouble-makers","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}