The Garrick Year

The Garrick Year is the second novel by British novelist by Margaret Drabble first published in 1964. The novel is a first person account of Emma, a London wife and mother examining the fraught bits of her marriage and an affair.

Drabble wrote the novel while living in Stratford-upon-Avon, thus focuses significantly on a satirical treatment of the theatre and actors.

Kirkus reviews called the novel better than Drabble's debut novel A Summer Bird-Cage.

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