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The Party

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Martin Gilmour is an outsider. When he wins a scholarship to Burtonbury School, he doesn’t wear the right clothes or speak with the right kind of accent. But then he meets the dazzling, popular and wealthy Ben Fitzmaurice, and gains admission to an exclusive world. Soon Martin is enjoying tennis parties and Easter egg hunts at the Fitzmaurice family’s estate, as Ben becomes the brother he never had. Martin Gilmour is an outsider. When he wins a scholarship to Burtonbury School, he doesn't wear the right clothes or speak with the right kind of accent. But then he meets the dazzling, popular and wealthy Ben Fitzmaurice, and gains admission to an exclusive world. Soon Martin is enjoying tennis parties and Easter egg hunts at the Fitzmaurice family's estate, as Ben becomes the brother he never had. People you considered the closest, most loyal, most intimate allies, will drift away from you and quite often, you won’t know why.”

This book drew me in right away and held me in enthralled suspense from start to finish. The story revolves around Martin and Lucy, a married couple invited to a birthday party for Martin’s best friend, Ben. Martin, qué estúpido eres-, oigo decir a mi madre. Siempre se te olvida quién está al mando. Siempre te crees que eres mejor de lo que en realidad eres."No, that would be interminably smug [ laughs]. I’m extremely aware that some people find the notion of How to Fail trite, but I don’t think they’re properly engaging with the premise. They’re failing, in fact, so they’re accidentally on-brand.

Martin is full of unending jealous disdain for everything and everyone, especially those whom he so desperately wants to be, and its hinted that maybe he's a sociopath. His own mother stands by her assertion that there's always been something wrong with him.A Goodreads friend recently posted a review of this book and I was so intrigued I got a copy from the library (Thanks Indieflower!). The book was published in 2017 but I don't remember hearing of it previously.



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