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Bitter Orange

Autor Claire Fuller
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mai 2019
'A compulsive page-turner. Fuller creates an atmosphere of simmering menace with all the assurance of a latter-day Daphne du Maurier'The Times

Frances Jellico is dying. A man who calls himself the vicar visits, hoping to extract a deathbed confession. He wants to know what really happened that fateful summer of 1969, when Frances - tasked with surveying a dilapidated country house - first set eyes on the glamorous bohemian couple, Cara and Peter. She recalls the relationship they forged through sweltering days, lavish dinners and elaborate lies, and the Judas hole through which she would spy on the couple.

Were the signs there right from the beginning?

Or was it impossible to avoid the crime that split their lives open like rotten fruit?

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'Bewitching, otherworldly. . . full of dark foreboding. Claire Fuller isa dazzling storyteller'Scotsman

'Anatmospheric page-turnerthat speeds us towardsa bloody climax of shocks and surprises'Irish Times

'Sinister and suspenseful,this gothic novelsimmers with guilt, lust and envy'Mail on Sunday

'Multi-layered, lush, twisty and brilliantly clever'Sunday Mirror

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241983461
ISBN-10: 0241983460
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Recenzii

Nothing is quite what it seems in thisengrossing,moreishnovel about a naïve woman and the hedonistic couple who beguile her
Richandcompelling. Fuller isan accomplished writer
Reminds me of JL Carr'sA Month in the Country, Daphne Du Maurier'sJamaica Inn, and Shirley Jackson'sWe Have Always Lived in the Castle. Incrediblyatmospheric, vivid, andintriguing.I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't reading a forgotten classic.
Astealthy shockeraboutthwarted desire.Asinister, slow-burn talethatsaves its most heart-wrenching revelation for last
Atwisty, thorny, darkly atmospheric page turneraboutlonelinessandbelonging
Ashaunting as tuberoseanddelicate as a scalpel
Heady, claustrophobic. . . makes forperfect heatwave reading. Echoes Penelope Lively's Booker-winningMoon Tiger, Anita Brookner'sLook At Me, and Sarah Waters'The Little Stranger
Arichandhypnoticread
Thisdarkly smouldering, desperately sad, superior psychological thrillercontains shades of Zoe Heller'sNotes On A Scandal
It israre for meto put down a novel and thenimmediately consider rereadingit to seewhatcleverness I might have missed. This time, though, I am tempted.
Atmospheric.Rich, cleverandvery readable.
Adelicateanddisturbingread,alive with love, lust, envyandguilt
A sinister storythat considersthe terrifying lengths people will go to escape their pasts.In the vein of Shirley Jackson's bone-chillingThe Haunting of Hill House, Fuller'sdisturbingnovelwill entrap readers in its twisty narrative, leaving them to reckon with what is real and what is unreal.An intoxicating, unsettling masterpiece.
Bitter Orangereads likean assured, old-school, du Maurieresque classic.It's an atmospheric page-turnerthatspeeds us towards a bloody climax of shocks and surprises
Sinisterandsuspenseful, this gothic novelsimmers with guilt, lustandenvy
Bewitching,otherworldly. . . full ofdark foreboding.Claire Fuller is a dazzling storyteller.
A compulsive page-turner.Fuller creates an atmosphere ofsimmering menacewithall the assurance of a latter-day Daphne du Maurier
Arich, dark pressure cooker of a novelthatsimmers with slow heatandsuppressed tension
Dark, beautifully written. It reminds me very much ofIan McEwan'sAtonement, with similarslow-build tensionandclaustrophobic atmosphere
Anexquisiteandskilfully writtennovel, whichworms its way under your skinwhile Frances'sloneliness seeps offevery page
Fuller is a masteratsummoning the atmosphere of a heady, hot summerthatthrums with tension
Multi-layered, lush, twistyandbrilliantly clever
A smart creationfrom a skilled writer: aheady psychologicalnovel that builds its layers carefully to allow gradual revelations andstomach-churning surprises
Full ofcomplex characters andnarrative richness
Loneliness,guiltandatonementare at the heart of theatmosphericBitter Orange
Naturally engagingandelegantly written. Fuller is anamply gifted storyteller
Withshades of Brideshead and Manderley, Claire Fuller'satmosphericthird novel plays a satisfyingly unpredictable game with reader expectations.Prepare to be meticulously unsettledandhorribly enthralled
Full ofdark foreboding. Claire Fuller isa dazzling storyteller
Cannily releasing clues on the way to anexplosive finale. . . Thelush settingandremarkablecharactersmake foran immersive mystery
Elegant,atmospheric,vivid
Beautifully written, with echoes of Barbara Vine and Daphne du Maurier
Sumptuousandsinisterwithgothic hints, this isa compelling tale of blurred friendships

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