A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER in hardback OVER 40,000 copies of hardback sold 'A cast of rackety aristos and aspiring toffs who might have slipped straight from the pages of a Jane Austen novel...it's spiky, Emma Woodhouse-style asides make Snobs irresistible' Mail on Sunday "Snobs is everything you would hope for from the writer of Gosford Park. A delicious thoroughbred delight, a guilty treat that is awake to every maddening and appallingly attractive nuance of English social life' Stephen Fry 'A wildly funny novel about aristocrats and social climbers... Not since Proust has a novelist worked so hard to decipher the tiny clues that enable toffs to spot the arrivistes who ape their manners' Daily Telegraph 'Apart from its virtues as a riveting social history, this is a gripping novel crafted by someone with effortless grasp of character and dialogue that invites generous comparison with Evelyn Waugh' Evening Standard

'this splendidly entertaining novel.' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'it's the brittle, crystalline dialogue and the brilliant satire of the 21st century dinner-party set, that ensure the pages keep turning.' THE OBSERVER 'a modern comedy of manners. The plot includes a disapproving mother-in-law and some serious impediments to Edith's attempts at social climbing of epic proportions. This is a witty bestseller from Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning writer of the hit film Gosford park.' DAILY EXPRESS 'Astute and wonderfully witty, this is an interesting insight into the world of the upper classes.' COMPANY 'A wonderfully fresh novel that immerses the reader in a world most could never dream of entering. Julian Fellowes's wit and sharp observational skills brighten every page.' WATERSTONE'S BOOK QUARTERLY 'an entertaining read.' NEW BOOKS