ONE OF THE GUARDIAN 'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ' This House of Grief in its
restraint and control bears comparison with In Cold Blood ' KATE ATKINSON 'It grabbed me by
the throat in the same way that the podcast series Serial did' GILLIAN ANDERSON 'Utterly
gripping' MARK HADDON Father's Day 2005. Just after nightfall a discarded husband drove his
three young sons back to their mother his ex-wife. On that dark country road barely five
minutes from the children's home the old white car swerved off the highway and plunged into a
dam. The father freed himself and swam to the bank but the car sank to the bottom and all the
children drowned. The court case that followed became Helen Garner's obsession one that would
take over her life until its final verdict. The resulting book is a true-crime classic and
literary masterpiece which examines just what we are capable of and how fiercely we hide it
from ourselves. A W&N Essential with an introduction by Rachel Cooke
