Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined in Edward St Aubyn's gripping story of a media mogul who
has lost control. Henry Dunbar the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation is
not having a good day. In his dotage he handed over care of the corporation to his two eldest
daughters Abby and Megan. But relations quickly soured leaving him to doubt the wisdom of
past decisions. Now imprisoned in a care home in the Lake District with only a demented
alcoholic comedian as company Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills
his family is hot on his heels. Who will find him first his beloved youngest daughter
Florence or the tigresses Abby and Megan so keen to divest him of his estate? 'Malevolently
enjoyable... A fable of fatherly neglect and daughterly cruelty' Financial Times 'Deeply
affecting...and funny' Observer SHAKESPEARE RETOLD: Time travel. Zombies. Power-hungry media
moguls. This is Shakespeare as you've never seen him before: nine iconic plays transformed by
the best novelists of our time with covers by Michael Craig-Martin.
