The release date for the English version of 'The Bee Sting' by
Paul Murray is Aug 2023. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, the author of Skippy Dies, is an incredibly insightful, witty, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, riches, and the battle to be a decent person while everything around you is falling apart.
There's turmoil for the Barnes family. Dickie's previously successful automotive company is failing, but instead of facing the consequences, he's spending his days in the woods with a renegade handyman, building an apocalyptic bunker. While their adolescent daughter Cass, who was previously at the top of her class, is resolute in her attempt to gorge herself through her final examinations, his wife Imelda is selling all her valuables on eBay. And twelve-year-old PJ is finishing up his elaborate scheme to escape his house.
Where did everything go awry? Can one unlucky incident alter the course of a person's life, such as a bee trapped in a bridal veil, a patch of ice on the tarmac, or a casual favor to a charming stranger? Is there still hope for a happy ending if the story has already been written?