***SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL
FICTION***
From the bestselling author of Asylum, Trauma and Spider
'Ghosts of the theatre and the spectre of fascism haunt cold and grimy
London in this atmospheric tale from a master of the grotesque.'
Guardian
JANUARY 1947.
London is in ruins, there's nothing to eat, and it's the coldest winter
in living memory.
To make matters worse, Charlie Grice, one of the great stage actors of
the day, has suddenly died. His widow Joan, the wardrobe mistress, is
beside herself with grief.
Then one night she discovers Gricey's secret. Plunged into a dark new
world, Joan realises that though fascism might hide, it never dies. Her
war isn't over after all.
**
'McGrath is one of the age's most elegantly accomplished divers into the
human psyche . . . a master writer.' John Banville**
'McGrath is that rare yet essential thing, a writer who can expose our
darkest fears without making us run away from them.' New Statesman
'Wonderfully sinister ... a delight ... you are in for a thrilling
ride.' Spectator
'A brilliant evocation of the theatrical world's seedy glamour, The
Wardrobe Mistress is also a moving portrait of a woman struggling to
make sense of her past and imagine a future for herself.' Sunday
Times
'[A] rich and highly spiced feast of a novel, even before it reaches
its classically gothic McGrath climax.' Reader's Digest
