Fay Weldon takes "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" to dazzling new heights in this quintessential novel about a wife's revenge Ruth loves her husband, Bobbo, a handsome, successful accountant. But Bobbo has fallen in love with Mary Fisher, a bestselling romance novelist who lives in a high tower overlooking the sea, pampered by her young, virile manservant. Mary is petite, dainty, and lovely. He tells Ruth about his affair and when Ruth reacts badly, he promptly moves out. In turn, Ruth decides to orchestrate a fiendish and masterful revenge. The Life and Loves of a She-Devil is a masterpiece about love, hate, infidelity, corrosive envy, and the best kind of revenge.
"A scintillating, mindboggling, vicarious thrill for any reader who has ever fantasized dishing out retribution for one wrong or another."
The New York Times Book Review
"A powerfully funny and oddly powerful book . . . a small, mad masterpiece."
The Washington Post Book World
"Fantastic . . . a carefully worked-out fable, satiric and finally bitter . . . Weldon tells her story with infectious, wicked glee. And it's very funny."
