description: It's 1961 and on a birthday outing Michael is dragged crying in protest from a cinema by his mother when the Carry-On style comedy "What a Carve Up!" reaches its most risque moment. The censored scene becomes an obsession to be replayed in the adult Michael's dreams and waking moments.
language: English
title: What a carve up!
titlecomplete: What a carve up!
genres: Fiction, Politics, Mystery, British Literature, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 11559
series: The Winshaw Legacy
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman
publisher: Viking