Inheritance

by Nicholas Shakespeare
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What would you do if you suddenly inherited £17,000,000?

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Andy Larkham is late. He is due at the funeral of his favourite school teacher, who once told him: ‘It’s hard work being anyone.’ It’s especially hard for Andy – stuck in a dead-end job, terminally short of cash and with a fiancée who is about to ditch him. When the funeral leads to unexpected consequences, Andy has to ask himself: how far will he go to change his life?Nicholas Shakespeare takes us on an extraordinary journey that explores the temptations of unexpected wealth, the secrets of damaged families and the price of being true to oneself.

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IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist Announced

by Random House Australia on 8 November 2011

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The 2012 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist was announced last night and there are two Random House authors included on the list. Roger McDonald’s When Colts Ran and Nicholas Shakespeare’s Inheritance are both in the running for the world’s most valuable annual literary prize. Roger McDonald’s When Colts Ran is a sweeping epic tale of friendship, toil and hope. It...

Sep 6

Shakespeare and Harper Lee on The First Tuesday Bookclub

by Random House Australia on 6 September 2010

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The September books up for discussion on ABC’s The First Tuesday Bookclub are Nicholas Shakespeare’s INHERITANCE and Harper Lee’s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Be sure to catch the show with host Jennifer Byrne tomorrow night 10pm on ABC1. Read a sample chapter of INHERITANCE and TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD

Editorial Reviews

"One of our best and truest novelists" - The Times

"Enviably good" - Louis de Bernières, Sunday Times

"Thoughtful and beautifully observed... Never predictable, this novel combines a remarkable narrative force with the lightest of touches. A book to savour and pass on" - Economist

"Utterly absorbing and enjoyable...a romance which moves with assurance from wild improbability to a reconciliation with things as they may truly be" - Scotsman

"Completely riveting and very funny indeed. Shakespeare at his empathetic best, as he mines the fragile seam of our desire to be loved for who we are" - Sunday Telegraph

"A tremendous and captivating writer" - Independent

"So full of surprises that even to start describing it you have to give a few away...compelling" - Sunday Times

"A novel of scintillating brilliance... a modern myth of good and evil... Gripping" - Metro

"A dissection of the emotional fissures that tear families apart" - Mail on Sunday

"A sort of historical treatise follows, one that is devoid of the kind of colourful details which abound in stereotypical lottery daydreams, but which nevertheless endears the reader to Andy and his cause, and sets up an enticing conclusion'" - Sunday Business Post

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