description: A brilliant noir farce, a dystopian vision of Britain, a family history and the story of an obsession. Michael is a lonely, rather pathetic writer, obsessed by the film 'What a Carve Up!' in which a mad knifeman cuts his way through the inhabitants of a decrepid stately pile as the thunder rages. Inexplicably he is commissioned to write the family history of the Winshaws, an upper class Yorkshire clan whose members have a finger in every establishment pie, from arms dealing to art dealing, from politics to banking to the popular press,. During his research Michael realises that the Winshaws have cast a blight onto his life as they have on Britain. His confidence, his sexual and personal identity begin to reform In a climax set in the Winshaws' family seat the novel turns into the film 'What a Carve Up!' as a murderous maniac stalks the family...
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: Gardners Books