Notes On A Scandal
About this book
Shortlisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize, Zoë Heller's Notes on a Scandal is a darkly compelling novel that explores the taboo subject of pupil/teacher relationships, obsession and betrayal.
From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George's history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced she has found a kindred spirit. Barbara's loyalty to her new friend is passionate and unstinting and when Sheba is discovered having an illicit affair with one of her pupils, Barbara quickly elects herself as Sheba's chief defender. But all is not as it first seems in this dark story and, as Sheba will soon discover, a friend can be just as treacherous as any lover.
'Brilliant, nasty, gripping' Zadie Smith
'Compelling, dark, sexy' Observer
'Superbly gripping. One of the most compelling books I've read in ages' Daily Telegraph
'Deliciously sinister' Daily Mail
Publishers
- Original publisher English: Penguin
- English (UK & Commonwealth): Viking
- English: W.F. Howes
- Bulgarian: Intense
- Chinese: The Commercial Press Ltd
- Chinese: Yilin Press
- Croatian: Znanje
- Czech: BB Art Nakladetelstvi Vydavatelstvi
- Danish: Audioteket
- Danish: Lindhardt & Ringhof
- Dutch: Arbeiderspers
- Dutch: Archipel
- Estonian: Wydawnictwo Pegasus
- French: Calmann-Lévy
- German: Random House
- Greek: Modern Times S.A.
- Hebrew: Trivaks Enterprises
- Italian: RCS Libri i Grandi Opere
- Japanese: Kodansha Ltd.
- Korean: Random House
- Latvian: AGB
- Lithuanian: Alma Littera
- Norwegian: Kagge Forlag
- Polish: Warszawsloc Wydawnictwo Muza
- Portuguese: Editorial Presenca
- Portuguese (Brazil): Editora Record
- Romanian: Editura Polirom
- Russian: Phantom Press
- Serbian: Laguna
- Slovak: Ikar
- Spanish: Roca Editorial
- Swedish: Forum Publishers
- Turkish: GriNet Basim
About the author & agent
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