After the Party

A Novel

by Cressida Connolly

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Pub Date May 07 2019 | Archive Date Apr 30 2019

Pegasus Books

General Fiction (Adult) | Historical Fiction

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Description

It is the summer of 1938 and Phyllis Forrester has returned to England after years abroad. Moving into her sister’s grand country house, she soon finds herself entangled in a new world of idealistic beliefs and seemingly innocent friendships. Fevered talk of another war infiltrates their small, privileged circle, giving way to a thrilling solution: the appointment of a great and charismatic new leader who will restore England to its former glory. At a party hosted by her new friends, Phyllis lets down her guard for a single moment, with devastating consequences. Years later, Phyllis, alone and embittered, recounts the dramatic events which led to her imprisonment and changed the course of her life forever. Powerful, poignant, and exquisitely observed, After the Party is an illuminating portrait of a dark period of British history which has yet to be fully acknowledged.

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Advance Praise

“Uncanny, evocative. Connolly skillfully sets scenes in pared yet atmospheric prose.” - Sunday Times (London)

“Connolly expertly evokes a changing nation, and a woman whose life is altered forever.” - Vogue UK

“A wonderfully subtle and interesting account of the Mosley women, with a compelling voice.” - Linda Grant, Booker Prize nominated author of 'The Clothes on Their Backs'

“Connolly's novel achieves the rare feat of at once summoning that foreign country, the past, then returning us, uncomfortably, to a contemporary Britain with a burgeoning fatherland complex.” - Will Self

“Profound and moving and completely original, with a storyline that is completely satisfying. It'll be one of those novels that stays in my mind forever. It’s a work of art.” - Craig Brown, New York Times bestselling author of 'Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret'

“Uncanny, evocative. Connolly skillfully sets scenes in pared yet atmospheric prose.” - Sunday Times (London)

“Connolly expertly evokes a changing nation, and a woman whose life is altered forever.”...