num_pages: 512
description: Michael is a lonely writer, obsessed by a film featuring a mad knifeman. When he is commissioned to write the family history of the Winshaws he realizes that the family have cast a blight on his life and he decides to take his revenge by re-enacting his favourite film.
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