Muriel series by Susanna Johnston (#1-2)
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Overview: Susanna Johnston is a former features writer for Tatler. Her books include The Picnic Papers (Hutchinson), Five Rehearsals (Chatto), Collecting – The Passionate Pastime (Viking), Parties: A Literary Companion (Macmillan) and, most recently, Late Youth, an anthology celebrating the joys of being over 50, which Arcadia published to great acclaim in 2005.
Genre: General Fiction/Classics
#1 – Muriel Pulls it Off
Set about twenty years ago, Johnston’s latest novel is a comic romp about a mid-fifty year old woman who, having been rather lost in her London life, suddenly, out of the blue, inherits a marvellous Elizabethan manor house in Lincolnshire from a lunatic old man to whom she is vaguely related. Muriel goes to live there but is constantly dogged by her London friends: feckless son and daughter-in-law, old drunk lover, a pretender to the inheritance and Princess Matilda – youngest and invented daughter of George VI and the Queen Mother – who insists on visiting and bringing ‘Mummy’ and other bits of Greek royalty there with her. The heroine has huge difficulty fitting this in with ghastly old retainers and the local vicar and his wife, Delilah. She is also lumbered with her ex-husband’s dog which she dislikes and is in love with her ex-husband’s brother who is blind. Her ex-husband turns up to share the spoils when he hears of her inheritance (he is a disgraced MP). There’s also Miss Crunchard, ex royal governess. The royal family had a penchant for the dishing out of nicknames and King George VI was unable to produce his ‘r’s – thus she is always known as ‘Cunty’.
#2 – Muriel’s Reign
In Muriel Pulls it Off our heroine inherited an estate from an eccentric relation. Muriel’s Reign picks up the story, following her chaotic attempts to play the role of a landowning country aristocrat. As the shock of her new life begins to wear off, Muriel has to deal with one problem after another. Neighbours competing for her favour, troublesome celebrity guests, an ex-husband living in a nearby squash court and a blind brother-in-law. A sex crazed judge, recently sacked, makes ill advised passes at one of Muriel’s female guests, and the mayhem continues from beginning to almost the very end. Susanna Johnston’s tragically flawed creations inspire compassion even as they have us laughing out loud. Not one to read in a hushed library or a crowded train.
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