''nastily good fun'' metro set to become a major motion picture starring elizabeth moss shirley jackson meets ottessa moshfegh meets my sister the serial killer in a brilliantly unsettling and darkly funny debut novel full of suspense and paranoia george march''s latest novel is a smash hit. none could be prouder than mrs. march, his dutiful wife, who revels in his accolades and relishes the lifestyle and status his success brings. a creature of routine and decorum, mrs. march lives an exquisitely controlled existence on the upper east side. every morning begins the same way, with a visit to her favourite patisserie to buy a loaf of olive bread, but her latest trip proves to be her last when she suffers an indignity from which she may never recover: an assumption by the shopkeeper that the protagonist in george march''s new book - a pathetic sex worker, more a figure of derision than desire - is based on mrs. march.one casual remark robs mrs. march not only of her beloved olive bread but of the belief that she knew everything about her husband - and herself - sending her on an increasingly paranoid journey, one that starts within the pages of a book but may very well uncover both a killer and the long-buried secrets of mrs. march''s past.a razor-sharp exploration of the fragility of identity and the smothering weight of expectations, mrs. march heralds the arrival of a wicked and wonderful new voice.