<p><b>''Taut, beautiful and savage'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br>A man travels to his son''s school to deal with the fallout of a violent attack and to make sure his son will not lose his college place. But what exactly has his son done? And who is to blame? <br><br>A young woman trying to make it in LA, working in a clothes shop while taking acting classes, turns to a riskier way of making money but will be forced to confront the danger of the game she''s playing.<br><br>And a family coming together for Christmas struggle to skate over the lingering darkness caused by the very ordinary brutality of a troubled husband and father.<br><br> Subtle, sophisticated and displaying an extraordinary understanding of human behaviour, these stories from the best-selling author of <i>The Girls</i> are unforgettable.<br>______________________<br><br><b><u>PRAISE FOR <i>DADDY</i>:</u></b><br>''It is her piercing understanding of modern humiliation that makes these stories vibrate with life...brillian