Books by Hannah Rothschild
The Improbability of Love: A Novel
by Hannah Rothschild
đ Joint winner of the 2016 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction
â  Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2016
When Annie, a struggling London chef, discovers she has unwittingly purchased a valuable painting in a second-hand shop, she finds herself a target of unscrupulous collectors, auctioneers and 'experts' of all kinds. "The book may on occasion be silly and over-the-top, even for a satire," declared the New York Times reviewer. "But Ms. Rothschild writes with such exuberance and spins such a propulsive yarn that you happily accept these excesses as part of the package."
“It’s the story of old money running out, people who are land rich and cash poor, you know? So again, it’s a familiar… well, to British people, anyway: the story of the aristocracy falling apart. What does it mean for someone whoâs had all that privilege, to lose it? What does that look like?” Read more...
Pippa Evans, Comedians & Humorist
Interviews where books by Hannah Rothschild were recommended
The Funniest Books of 2020, recommended by Pippa Evans
Comedy offers escapism and a way of processing our emotions during stressful times, says the comedian Pippa Evansâwho this year served as a judge for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. Here she talks us through the books shortlisted for the title of the funniest book of 2020, and explains how she found herself researching pig deliveries.
