a dark comody of marriage, motherhodd and scandal, the summerhouse trilogy follows the ominous weeks before Margaret's wedding, as seen through the eyes of three highly biased narrators.

Margaret, the reluctant bride, views her impending union with the odious Syl in the same way a ship must view the rock on which it is about to founder.

Mrs. Monro, mother of the groom, has grave misgivings about men in general- not least her son.

And then there's Lili, red- haired, charming, untamed- and not averse to acting outrageously for the benefit of others.

rate_ 10/10