'What causes more chaos than a will and the remaining family? In Susannah Begbie’s stunning debut novel, The Deed, she exposes the messy side of family and the chaos of sibling rivalry. Winner of the 2022 Richell Prize, Begbie’s story is so beautifully crafted with hilarious and, at times, shocking prose that readers could be forgiven for forgetting The Deed is her first novel.' (Introduction)
Epigraph: “Three steps in she found the crumpled body of her dead father.”