A compelling novel of revenge told with wit and skill.

A thrilling novel inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo from British actor, comedian, author, presenter, journalist and national treasure, Stephen Fry. _______

Ned Maddstone has the world at his feet. He is handsome, talented and about to go to Cambridge, after which he is expected to follow his father into politics. But an unfortunate confrontation with a boy in his school results in a prank that goes badly wrong and suddenly he’s incarcerated - without chance of release.

So begins a year long process of torment and hopelessness, which will destroy his very identity, until almost nothing remains of him but this unquenchable desire for revenge…

Praise for The Stars’ Tennis Balls-

‘Fry adds a talent for terror and suspense-writing to his quiverful of skills ’ Daily Telegraph

‘Whatever Stephen Fry does, he has it - that rare, unlearnable quality. When he speaks, you listen. When he writes, you read’ Literary Review

‘A great writer by the standards of any British contemporary’ Sunday Times