The Feast (Audiobook)

Hilarious and perceptive, here’s the perfect seaside holiday read ... Events leading up to the disaster are entertainingly revealed through the diaries, letters, thoughts and conversations of the inmates of the hotel. And what an intriguing bunch they are: obnoxious children, an arty writer and her toy boy, nutty priest . . . Snobs, slobs and the lovelorn. The nail-biting tension to discover who actually survived the tragedy will keep you on the very edge of your deckchair.

So full of pleasure that you could be forgiven for not seeing how clever it is. Like many of my favourite novels, it delivers an enjoyable story [but] also repays mulling over and re-reading... A playful and skilled writer.

Tense, touching, human, dire, and funny, The Feast is a feast indeed.

Kennedy is not only a romantic but an anarchist, and she knows the ways of men and women very well indeed.

Aptly named [for] it has Miss Kennedy’s narrative skill; her distinction, her grace, above all, her peculiar magic.

The miniature charm of a Baby Austen.