From the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray\'s The Bee Sting , an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart.
Where did it all go wrong? A patch of ice on the tarmac, a casual favor to a charming stranger, a bee caught beneath a bridal veil--can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? And if the story has already been written--is there still time to find a happy ending?.
And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to his grand plan to run away from home.
His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams.
Dickie\'s once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he\'s spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman.
The Barnes family is in trouble.
From the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray\'s The Bee Sting , an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart
