In the Garden of the Fugitives
$27.28
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
4 April 2019
Summary
A brilliant young woman and an older, more powerful man in a tale of slow-burning obsession and retribution - for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Rachel Cusk
‘This psychological thriller examines what happens when the lines between victim and predator, loyalty and obsession become blurred’ Mail on Sunday
‘Spellbinding’ Anna Funder
‘Precise, cool, complex’ Observer
‘Striking, stylish, compelling… Her language is perfectly measured, her imagery precise, the settin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241982433 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 024198243X |
| Author: | Ceridwen Dovey |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 4 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 223g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
This psychological thriller examines what happens when the lines between victim and predator, loyalty and obsession become blurred’ * Mail on Sunday *
Spellbinding – Anna Funder
Precise, cool, complex… [A] meditation on the gift of privilege * Observer *
Dovey does not shy away from bluntly confronting big questions head-on… Trembling with meaning, unsettlingly alive, sweeping both geographically and intellectually; a literary page-turner * Kirkus *
Gracefully constructed * Booklist (starred review) *
About The Author
Ceridwen Dovey
Ceridwen Dovey’s debut novel, Blood Kin, was published around the world, shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Award, and selected for the US National Book Foundation’s prestigious ‘5 Under 35’ honours list. The Wall Street Journal named her as one of their ‘artists to watch’. Her collection of stories, Only the Animals, won the 2014 Readings New Australian Writing Award. She lives in Sydney.
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