Other People's Money

A darkly comic novel about a rich family on the edge of ruin, by the author of the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet and Richard & Judy selection The Promise of Happiness.'Other People's Money is wise, droll and beautiful fiction' David Mitchell'What a great read this is. Cartwright assembles a wonderful cast of characters in this masterpiece of a comic novel' Observer'A high-class piece of literary entertainment' SpectatorThe Trevelyan family is in grave trouble.Their private bank of Tubal & Co. is on the verge of collapsing. It's not the first time in its three-hundred-and-forty year history, but it may be the last.A sale is under way, and a number of important facts need to be kept hidden, not only from the public, but also from Julian Trevelyan-Tubal's deeply traditional father, Sir Harry, who is incapacitated in the family villa in Antibes.Great...