Family Matters

Written by Anthony Rolls

Narrated by Gordon Griffin

Robert Arthur Kewdingham is an eccentric failure of a man. In middle age he retreats into a private world, hunting for Roman artefacts and devoting himself to bizarre mystical beliefs. Robert's wife, Bertha, feels that there are few things more dreadful than a husband who will persist in making a fool of himself in public. Their marriage consists of horrible quarrels, futile arguments, incessant bickering. Scarcely any friends will visit the Kewdinghams in their peaceful hometown Shufflecester. Everything is wrong—and with the entrance of John Harrigall, a bohemian bachelor from London who catches Bertha's eye, they take a turn for the worse. Soon deep passions and resentments shatter the calm façade of the Kewdinghams' lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Soundings
• Release date: Aug 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781407969008

Anthony Rolls

ANTHONY ROLLS was a pseudonym of C.E. Vulliamy (1886-1971), a biographer, soldier and archaeologist of distinction who also wrote ten crime novels, four of which were published during the golden age of British detective fiction between the world wars.

Reviews for Family Matters

[Hilary Easton · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed it. It had an interesting plot and amusing characters, almost Dickensian grotesques. The author quietly sends up country society and family values.