Fay Weldon's writing career has never been predictable or conventional, and her much-anticipated autobiography is no exception. In Auto-Da-Fay, Weldon doesn't actually set fire to herself, but the scourge is there. She brings a skeptical and self-critical eye to her life and times. Honesty is not the half of it. She writes brilliantly about her upbringing in New Zealand in a household of women; of surviving the Second World War in England; of university at St. Andrews; of life as a copywriter in London; of various relationships and marriages; of children and living in the countryside; and much, much more. Auto-Da-Fay is a book of wit, wisdom, sadness, and happiness. Fans of Fay Weldon will be enthralled, and newcomers to her work will be intrigued. Fay weldon in one of the world's best-known and loved writers. She has published 25 novels, including The Life and Loves of a She-Devil and, most recently, The Bulgari Connection, which stirred up plenty of controversy.

FAY WELDON is one of the world's best-known and loved writers. She has published 25 novels, including The Life and Loves of a She-Devil and, most recently, The Bulgari Connection, which stirred up plenty of controversy. She has also published five short story collections, three children's books, a biography of Rebecca West, a collection of essays, Godless in Eden, and a passionate book about Jane Austen, Letters to Alice. As if that weren't enough, she has also written innumerable stage plays and screenplays, including the wildly popular Upstairs, Downstairs and her definitive television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.

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