A moving and funny new novel about what happens when the metropolitan dream goes sour, it is both rich and compassionate and will appeal to fans of John Lanchester's }Capital{. 'I loved }The Lie Of The Land{. A panoramic, superbly-plotted novel about the ways we live now, about money and desire, cruelty and generosity, crime and vengeance, country and city. Craig is at the top of her game' Helen Dunmore