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Alys, Always - A superbly disquieting psychological thriller (Paperback)
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Alys, Always - A superbly disquieting psychological thriller (Paperback)
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'A marvellous novel. I absolutely adored it ... So subtle, funny,
tender and so miraculously observed ... Utterly brilliant' Jilly
Cooper 'Amazing . . . chillingly brilliant' RED 'A superbly
disquieting psychological thriller ... Mordantly funny, yet
chilling, this tale of an ordinary woman inveigling her way into a
position of power is compulsive reading' SPECTATOR They have
everything she wants... Frances is a thirty-something lowly
sub-editor, but her routine, colourless existence is disrupted one
winter evening when she happens upon the aftermath of a car crash
and hears the last words of the driver, Alys Kyte. When Alys's
family makes contact in an attempt to find closure, Frances is
given a tantalising glimpse of a very different world: one of
privilege and possibility. The relationships she builds with the
Kytes will have an impact on her own life, both professionally and
personally, as Frances dares to wonder whether she might now become
a player in her own right ... 'A suspensful portrait of the
outsider and a satisfyingly bitchy send-up of literary London'
GUARDIAN 'Frances is a fascinating creation: determined, deceitful,
intriguingly complex and believably drawn ... This deeply
unsettling but eminently readable story is one that will linger in
the memory' OBSERVER 'Lane's take on contemporary class is so
sharply observed that it becomes almost satirical: the perennial
theme of social climbing gets a superb new treatment in her highly
entertaining, slightly chilling tale of a cuckoo in the nest'
SUNDAY TIMES 'Superbly, even poetically written with an almost
feverish hyper-realism, this All About Eve for our times misses no
telling detail of the difference between the entitled and
unentitled classes... A brilliant idea, brilliantly realised. I
loved it, I loved it. I've run out of superlatives and all that
remains to say is that I wish I was you; I wish I hadn't read it
and had that pleasure to come' Wendy Holden DAILY MAIL
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Imprint: |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2012 |
First published: |
December 2012 |
Authors: |
Harriet Lane
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Dimensions: |
196 x 128 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78022-001-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-78022-001-4 |
Barcode: |
9781780220017 |
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