Road Through the Wall

"The Road Through the Wall" by Shirley Jackson, published by Penguin. Everyone knew the residents of Pepper Street were ''nice'' people -- especially the residents themselves. Among the self-satisfied group were: Mrs Merriam, the sanctimonious shrew who was turning her husband into a nonentity and her daughter into a bigoted spinster; Mr Roberts, who found relief from the street's unending propriety in shoddy side-street amours; Miss Fielding, who considered it more important to boil an egg properly than to save a disturbed girl from destruction. It took the gruesome act of a desperate boy who lived among them to pierce the shell of their complacency and force them to see their own ugliness. Book details: published 1948. Order now on BookShops.in with fast, reliable delivery across India.