Camilla Barnes

Photograph by Véronique Taupin

About The Author

Camilla Barnes was born and brought up in England but moved to France in her twenties. She lives in Paris and works in theatre, doing every job possible there except act. She writes for the stage in both English and French. The Usual Desire to Kill is her first novel.

Books by Camilla Barnes

The Usual Desire to Kill
By Camilla Barnes
‘Hilarious and heartbreaking’ MONICA ALI
'Deeply funny and knowing' MEG WOLITZER
'Witty, moving' ANN NAPOLITANO
'Poignant, funny and brilliantly told' POSY SIMMONDS

An often hilarious, surprisingly moving portrait of a long-married couple, seen through the eyes...
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