Plot summary for What a Carve Up

  Welcome everybody to my new post. As I have purchased both books and I quickly scanned the  books and looked onto the summary of the plots to help me understand both plots  This one covers What the Carve Up whist the second one includes The Outsiders plot. I am aiming to read through the books to  visualise the content, the imagery and other visual detail.

Here is the simple summary that I wrote in bullet points for The Outsiders.

What the Carve Up

• Michael Owen is commission to write the history of the Winshaw family. (1980’s) receives money from Tabitha.
• Often works on and off the project due to no deadline
  
• Michael puts himself into Isolation in his house, watching old films, particularly a comedy called What a Carve up staring Kenneth Conner and Sid James
• Neighbour seeking support from him to perform the bike ride for a charitable cause.
• Book focuses on of the Winshaw of Yorkshire family
• Godfrey  is shot down during the second world war during a secret wartime mission(berlin 30 November 1942)z
• Tabitha is one sister who was sent to a mental home after accusing Lawrence for killing his own brother. 
• very unlikes and hypocritical journalist, Hilary, 
• A ruthless and determined business man Harry
• Banker, Thomas 
• Art dealer Roderick 
• A business and arms dealer Mark 
• Every chapter provides a story of each Winshaws family member’s horrible characteristics, such as their greed and self interest
• The writer’s becomes interested into the family after meeting a detective who is investigating whether Lawrence is a complicit with Godfrey’s Death
• Fiona develops a warm relationship with the writer. However it is discovered that  he is suffering with a disease 
• Her appointments with her consultant are constantly delayed and it is believed her medical records are misplaced
• Travels to hospital to receive treatment but the due to an administrative error, she dies in 1991 (New Year)
• An invitation for a will hearing appears to Michael from Mortifer Winshaw’s solicitors 
• He originally thought the purpose of the summoning was for him to write about the family’s history. As it turns out, there is more of a connection between him and the family than he realises.
• The attendance of the event included an artist Phoebe, sent by Roddy and  Mortifer’s personal nurse.
• Everybody discovers Mortifer's intention not give his inheritance to his family. Worse of all, all of dept will be given to the family to pay. 
• It is revealed that Michael is the sole surviving son of Godfrey
• As the story progresses, majority of the family member meet their deaths  that relate to their professional wrongdoings.
• This was the specific night when the allied forces conducted airplane strikes to Iraq 
• A plot twist occurs when it is discovered that he was the individual who attacked Lawence
• The ending of story shows Tabitha. plotting a plane with Hillary and Michael on board. Unfortunately, she on purposely crashed the plane, therefore killing everybody on the plane.

Reference to a summary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Carve_Up!_(novel)