The Bee Sting - Paul Murray
Category: Novel
Narrator: Ciaran OBrien
Tags: Novel, Adults, Literature, Romance
Brought to you by Penguin., Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023., From the master of tragicomedy and award-winning author of Skippy Dies: a tour de force new novel about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is (maybe) ending, The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickies car business is going under, but instead of doing anything about it, hes out in the woods preparing for the actual end of the world. Meanwhile his wife Imelda is selling off her jewellery on eBay and half-heartedly dodging the attentions of fast-talking local wrongun Big Mike. Their teenage daughter Cass, usually top of her class, seems determined to drink her way through the whole thing. And twelve year old PJ is spending more and more time on video game forums, where hes met a friendly boy named Ethan who never turns his camera on and wants PJ to run away from home., Digging down through layers of family history, the roots of this crisis stretch deep into the past. Meanwhile in the present
