![]() ![]() She stopped writing for over 20 years until Good Behaviour was published in 1981 under her married name and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian and dissector of human behaviour. As Farrell, she wrote 11 novels and several plays including Young Entry, Devoted Ladies, Loving without Tears, Spring Meeting, Ducks and Drakes, Guardian Angel, Treasure Hunt, and Dazzling Prospect. 'I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. This elegant and allusive novel established Molly Keane as the natural successor to Jean Rhys. The next three books show Keane stretching herself in style and experimenting with darker subjects: Full House (1935) introduces the first of many monstrous mothers The Rising Tide (1937), her best novel barring Good Behaviour, is an acid melodrama about a widow clinging to her Edwardian youth and Two Days in Aragon (1941) takes on the Irish. ![]() But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the members of the St Charles family from their own unruly and inadmissible desires. To Aroon St Charles, large and unlovely daughter of the house, the fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem locked out by the ritual patterns of good behaviour. A real work of craftsmanship' Hilary Mantel I do know how to behave - believe me, because I know.īehind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace. About the book: Good Behaviour by Molly Keane was published in 1981 and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the First World War. ![]() A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK (BOOKER PRIZE GEMS)'Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy' Vogue 'I really wish I had written this book. ![]()
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