The Party

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A gripping story of obsession and betrayal, privilege and hypocrisy, set in the unassailable heart of the British establishment As the train pressed on, I realised that my life was in the process of taking a different direction, plotted according to a new constellation Because, although I didn t know it yet, I was about to meet Ben and nothing would ever be the same again.Martin Gilmour is an outsider When he wins a scholarship to Burtonbury School, he doesn t wear the right clothes or speak with the right kind of accent But then he meets the dazzling, popular and wealthy Ben Fitzmaurice, and gains admission to an exclusive world Soon Martin is enjoying tennis parties and Easter egg hunts at the Fitzmaurice family s estate, as Ben becomes the brother he never had.But Martin has a secret He knows something about Ben, something he will never tell It is a secret that will bind the two of them together for the best part of 25 years.At Ben s 40th birthday party, the great and the good of British society are gathering to celebrate in a haze of champagne, drugs and glamour Amid the hundreds of guests the politicians, the celebrities, the old money and newly rich Martin once again feels that disturbing pang of not quite belonging His wife, Lucy, has her reservations too There is disquiet in the air But Ben wouldn t do anything to damage their friendship Would he New Read The Party [ Author ] Elizabeth Day [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I thought this book was spellbinding the plot was compulsively stimulating interesting and captivating It drew me in with a magnetic force Readers who might have read and enjoyed Seating Arrangements ,by Maggie Shipstead, or any of Herman Koch books should feel at home with Elizabeth Day s The Party..who by the way writes some of the most interesting observations about people her characters that I ve ever come across Who notices and writes about the flesh between a person I thought this book was spellbinding the plot was compulsively stimulating interesting and captivating It drew me in with a magnetic force Readers who might have read and enjoyed Seating Arrangements ,by Maggie ...The Party by Elizabeth Day is a 2017 Fourth Estate publication A Wickedly dark and satirical tale of obsession, misplaced loyalties, and class distinctions This book drew me in right away and held me in enthralled suspense from start to finish The story revolves around Martin and Lucy, a married couple invited to a birthday party for Martin s best friend, Ben It becomes immediately obvious that something sinister occurs at the party, something awful enough to capture the attention of the pol The Party by Elizabeth Day is a 2017 Fourth Estate publication A Wickedly dark and satirical tale of obsession, misplaced loyalties, and class distinctions This book drew me in right away and held me in enthralled suspense from start to finish The story revolves around Martin and Lucy, a married couple invited to a birthday party for Martin s best friend, Ben It becomes immediately obvious that something sinister occurs at the party, something awful enough to capture the attention of the police, making it imperative to find meaning in every morsel of information doled out.The first hint that something is slightly off kilter is Lucy s feeling that she and Martin have been slighted by the Fitzmaurice s, who, despite having ample room in their enormous home, they have not...Because, although I didn t know it yet, I was about to meet Ben and nothing would ever be the same againTHE INTERVIEW ROOM IS SMALL AND SQUARE That is the first sentence of this novel The very first scene is of an interview at a police station, and the reader immediately knows that a crime has been committed, but it is not until much later that this particular act of violence is revealed This is neither a murder mystery nor a whodunnit By means of the interview, a series of flashbacksBecause, although I didn t know it yet, I was about to meet Ben and nothing would ever be the same againTHE INTERVIEW ROOM IS SMALL AND SQUARE That is the first sentence of this novel The very first scene is of an interview at a police station, and the reader immediately knows that a crime has been committed, but it is not until much later that this particular act of violence is revealed This is neither a murder mystery nor a whodunnit By means of the interview, a series of flashbacks, and a notebook we learn how events unfold and how and why the characters unravel, culminating in the present interview.Esteemed newspaper art critic Martin Gilmour has not always been so esteemed As the son of a single mother life was not always easy for MartinThere is a peculiar kind of claustrophobia that comes from being the only child of a single mother I never met her standards because I never knew what they were They seemed to shift and change on a whim All I knew was that I was a source of...The Party by Elizabeth Day is a 2017 Fourth Estate publication A Wickedly dark and satirical tale of obsession, misplaced loyalties, and class distinctions This book drew me in right away and held me in enthralled suspense from start to finish The story revolves around Martin and Lucy, a married couple invited to a birthday party for Martin s best friend, Ben It becomes immediately obvious that something sinister occurs at the party, something awful enough to capture the attention of the ...Review to come.Elizabeth Day s first novel, Scissors, Paper, Stone which I really enjoyed won a Betty Trask award So I was really looking forward to her latest book and when I saw it compared to The Dinner by Herman Koch I was really excited about the read.The Party starts at the end of a story that began in public school some 30 years previously when we meet Martin Gilmour an outsider who wins a scholarship to Burtonbury School, he doesn t wear the right attire or speak with the right kind of accent but then Elizabeth Day s first novel, Scissors, Paper, Stone which I really enjoyed won a Betty Trask award So I was really looking forward to her latest book and when I saw it compared to The Dinner by Herman Koch I was really excited about the read.The Party starts at the end of a story that began in public school some 30 years previously when we meet Martin Gilmour an outsider who wins a scholarship to Burtonbury School, he doesn t wear the right attire or speak with the right kind of accent but then he meets the dazzling and wealthy Ben Fitzmau...A scrappy outsider accepted, precariously, by a privileged clique the golden allure of wealth and exclusivity a terrible and deadly secret Give me variations on this theme from now until death and I will be perfectly happy The Party is like The Talented Mr Ripley, The Secret History and Brideshead Revisited got together and had a beautiful, twisted child Our narrator, Martin Gilmour, is a bitchy sociopathic narcissist so naturally, I adored him.At boarding school, Martin is an outcast H A scrappy outsider accepted, precariously, by a privileged clique the golden allure of wealth and exclusivity a terrible and deadly secret Give me variations on this theme from now until death and I will be perfectly happy The Party is like The Talented Mr Ripley, The Secret Hi...Bloody brilliantMartin Gilmour is being interviewed by the police when we first meet him The thirty nine year old art critic had recently attended a party at the home of his best friend, Ben Fitzmaurice The party was to celebrate Ben s fortieth birthday, as well as being a house warming party for Ben, and his wife Serena s, new home the beautiful Tipworth Priory This novel tells the story of what happened at the party from various viewpoints There is the background of how Martin, the poor son of a dominee Martin Gilmour is being interviewed by the police when we first meet him The thirty nine year old art critic had recently attended a party at the home of his best friend, Ben Fitzmaurice The party was to celebrate Ben s fortieth birthday, as well as being a house warming party for Ben, and his wife Serena s, new home the beautiful Tipworth Priory This novel tells the story of what happened at the party from various viewpoints There is the background of how Martin, the poor son of a domineering mother, managed to achieve a scholarship to a minor public school, where he meets Ben Ben is from an aristocratic family and has everything that Martin yearns for confidence, wealth and class From the very beginning, Martin is smitten by Ben and does everything he can to insinuate himself into his life both at school and later at Cambridge As well as the relationship between Martin and Ben, we also hear of how Martin met his wife, Lucy Although Luc...Another 5 read I m on a roll Thanks to Elyse for recommending this book Another 5 read I m on a roll Thanks to Elyse for recommending this book

The Party
  • English
  • 14 June 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 304 pages
  • 0008194262
  • Elizabeth Day
  • The Party