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Can I read The Lie of the Land on EtoBox?
The Lie of the Land by Amanda Craig is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Lie of the Land about?
Quentin and Lottie Bredin, like many modern couples, can't afford to divorce. Having lost their jobs in the recession, they can't afford to go on living in London; instead, they must downsize and move their three children to a house in a remote part of Devon. Arrogant and adulterous, Quentin can't understand why Lottie is so angry; devastated and humiliated, Lottie feels herself to have been intolerably wounded. Mud, mice, and quarrels are one thing - but why is their rent so low? What is the mystery surrounding their unappealing new home? The beauty of the landscape is ravishing, yet it conceals a dark side involving poverty, revenge, abuse and violence which will rise up to threaten them. Sally Verity, happily married but unhappily childless knows a different side to country life, as both a Health Visitor and a sheep farmer's wife; and when Lottie's innocent teenage son Xan gets a zero-hours contract at a local pie factory, he sees yet another. At the end of their year, the lives of all will be changed for ever. A suspenseful black comedy, this is a rich, compassionate and enthralling novel in its depiction of the English countryside and the potentially lethal interplay between m
Who reads The Lie of the Land?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Amanda Craig
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781408709290
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Rating
- 3.93 / 5 (158 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14