The Garrick Year
- 9 Apr 2026
- 9781837264841
- £10.99
- 208 pp
- 129×198mm
- 9 Apr 2026
- 9781837264834
- £8.79
- 176 pp
In a few words
A sharp and merciless dark comedy about marriage, motherhood and the pull of ambition
In a few words
A sharp and merciless dark comedy about marriage, motherhood and the pull of ambition
Full of bite, wit and cool poetry . . . it is written with extraordinary art
[A] romantic novel about actors and the theatre and marriage and sex and babies . . . deliciously bitter . . . so alive
Full of bite, wit and cool poetry . . . it is written with extraordinary art
[A] romantic novel about actors and the theatre and marriage and sex and babies . . . deliciously bitter . . . so alive
More about
the book
Choked by domesticity and overshadowed by her husband’s acting career, Emma is finding that life has reduced her to a supporting role. And when her husband lands his big break at a new theatre company, her want for something more boils over.
Quietly radical and fiercely intelligent, The Garrick Year is a sharp and merciless dark comedy about marriage, motherhood and the pull of ambition, told through the eyes of a complicated and fascinating woman at the very end of her tether.
More about
the book
Choked by domesticity and overshadowed by her husband’s acting career, Emma is finding that life has reduced her to a supporting role. And when her husband lands his big break at a new theatre company, her want for something more boils over.
Quietly radical and fiercely intelligent, The Garrick Year is a sharp and merciless dark comedy about marriage, motherhood and the pull of ambition, told through the eyes of a complicated and fascinating woman at the very end of her tether.
An unsparing exposé of women’s lives, sacrifices and marriages, written in searing, intelligent prose. Drabble creates authentic, if not always likeable, female characters craving more fulfilment in a man’s world
Unsparing . . . a very knowing, diverting entertainment
Praise for Margaret Drabble:
I have learned so much from Margaret Drabble's work. Her prose is very beautiful, very funny, and at the same time very serious
Sally Rooney
One of Britain’s most dazzling writers
An unsparing exposé of women’s lives, sacrifices and marriages, written in searing, intelligent prose. Drabble creates authentic, if not always likeable, female characters craving more fulfilment in a man’s world
Unsparing . . . a very knowing, diverting entertainment
Praise for Margaret Drabble:
I have learned so much from Margaret Drabble's work. Her prose is very beautiful, very funny, and at the same time very serious
Sally Rooney
One of Britain’s most dazzling writers
Margaret Drabble
View profileDame Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the author of eighteen novels including A Summer Bird-Cage, The Millstone, The Peppered Moth, The Red Queen, The Sea Lady and the highly acclaimed The Pure Gold Baby. She has also written biographies, screenplays and was the editor of the Oxford Companion to English Literature. She was appointed CBE in 1980, and made DBE in the 2008 Honours list. She was also awarded the 2011 Golden PEN Award for a Lifetime’s Distinguished Service to Literature. She is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd.
Margaret Drabble
View profileDame Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the author of eighteen novels including A Summer Bird-Cage, The Millstone, The Peppered Moth, The Red Queen, The Sea Lady and most recently, the highly acclaimed The Pure Gold Baby. She has also written biographies, screenplays and was the editor of the Oxford Companion to English Literature. She was appointed CBE in 1980, and made DBE in the 2008 Honours list. She was also awarded the 2011 Golden PEN Award for a Lifetime’s Distinguished Service to Literature. She is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd.
