by John O'Farrell · Tapa dura · ISBN 9780385606080
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«May Contain Nuts» is a humorous novel by author John O'Farrell, published by Doubleday in hardcover (289 pages, in English).
Satire on competitive and obsessive parenting. Alice and David try to ensure their children don't fall behind in studies, music, and social life, until their eldest daughter is about to fail the entrance exam for the dream school. Alice decides to take it in her place: with a cap pulled down, she faces an exam for the first time in twenty years and discovers the real pressure children endure.
Standalone novel. Published on May 2, 2005 by Doubleday. The cover shows two pelicans, one wearing a bow tie, and mentions the author's previous novel, «The Best a Man Can Get».
For readers of British comedy and social satire on parenting, school expectations, and family pressure.
John O'Farrell is a British author, comedy scriptwriter and political campaigner. Previously a lead writer for such shows as Spitting Image and Have I Got News for You, he is now best known as a comic author for such books such as The Man Who Forgot His Wife and An Utterly Impartial History of Britain. He is one of a small number of British writers to have achieved best-seller status with both fiction and nonfiction. His books have been translated into around thirty languages and adapted for radio and television.
