The Shooting Party (1980)
The Shooting Party is a 1980 fiction book written by Isabel Colegate.
A group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party.
Opulent, adulterous, moving assuredly through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they are a dazzlingly obtuse and brilliantly decorative finale of an era.
'Threads of romance, social comment, country lore and intrigue both above and below stairs are cunningly worked together to create a brilliant tapestry . . . I have seldom enjoyed a book so much', *Sunday Telegraph*
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What is The Shooting Party about?
A group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent, adulterous, moving assuredly through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they are a dazzlingly obtuse and brilliantly decorative finale of an era. 'Threads of romance, social comment, country lore and intrigue both above and below stairs are cunningly worked together to create a brilliant tapestry . . . I have seldom enjoyed a book so much', *Sunday Telegraph*
When was The Shooting Party published?
The Shooting Party was published in 1980.
Who made The Shooting Party?
The Shooting Party was written by Isabel Colegate.