Bitter Orange
Autor Claire Fulleren Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 apr 2019
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 is a dazzling storyteller' Scotsman
'An atmospheric page-turner that speeds us towards a bloody climax of shocks and surprises' Irish Times
'Sinister and suspenseful, this gothic novel simmers 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: 279
Dimensiuni: 132 x 198 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Fig Tree
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241983460
Pagini: 279
Dimensiuni: 132 x 198 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Fig Tree
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Nothing is quite what it seems in this engrossing, moreish novel about a naïve woman and the hedonistic couple who beguile her
Rich and compelling. Fuller is an accomplished writer
Reminds me of JL Carr's A Month in the Country, Daphne Du Maurier's Jamaica Inn, and Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Incredibly atmospheric, vivid, and intriguing. I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't reading a forgotten classic.
A stealthy shocker about thwarted desire. A sinister, slow-burn tale that saves its most heart-wrenching revelation for last
A twisty, thorny, darkly atmospheric page turner about loneliness and belonging
As haunting as tuberose and delicate as a scalpel
Heady, claustrophobic . . . makes for perfect heatwave reading. Echoes Penelope Lively's Booker-winning Moon Tiger, Anita Brookner's Look At Me, and Sarah Waters' The Little Stranger
A rich and hypnotic read
This darkly smouldering, desperately sad, superior psychological thriller contains shades of Zoe Heller's Notes On A Scandal
It is rare for me to put down a novel and then immediately consider rereading it to see what cleverness I might have missed. This time, though, I am tempted.
Atmospheric. Rich, clever and very readable.
A delicate and disturbing read, alive with love, lust, envy and guilt
A sinister story that considers the terrifying lengths people will go to escape their pasts. In the vein of Shirley Jackson's bone-chilling The Haunting of Hill House, Fuller's disturbing novel will entrap readers in its twisty narrative, leaving them to reckon with what is real and what is unreal. An intoxicating, unsettling masterpiece.
Bitter Orange reads like an assured, old-school, du Maurieresque classic. It's an atmospheric page-turner that speeds us towards a bloody climax of shocks and surprises
Sinister and suspenseful, this gothic novel simmers with guilt, lust and envy
Bewitching, otherworldly . . . full of dark foreboding. Claire Fuller is a dazzling storyteller.
A compulsive page-turner. Fuller creates an atmosphere of simmering menace with all the assurance of a latter-day Daphne du Maurier
A rich, dark pressure cooker of a novel that simmers with slow heat and suppressed tension
Dark, beautifully written. It reminds me very much of Ian McEwan's Atonement, with similar slow-build tension and claustrophobic atmosphere
An exquisite and skilfully written novel, which worms its way under your skin while Frances's loneliness seeps off every page
Fuller is a master at summoning the atmosphere of a heady, hot summer that thrums with tension
Multi-layered, lush, twisty and brilliantly clever
A smart creation from a skilled writer: a heady psychological novel that builds its layers carefully to allow gradual revelations and stomach-churning surprises
Full of complex characters and narrative richness
Loneliness, guilt and atonement are at the heart of the atmospheric Bitter Orange
Naturally engaging and elegantly written. Fuller is an amply gifted storyteller
With shades of Brideshead and Manderley, Claire Fuller's atmospheric third novel plays a satisfyingly unpredictable game with reader expectations. Prepare to be meticulously unsettled and horribly enthralled
Full of dark foreboding. Claire Fuller is a dazzling storyteller
Cannily releasing clues on the way to an explosive finale . . . The lush setting and remarkable characters make for an immersive mystery
Elegant, atmospheric, vivid
Beautifully written, with echoes of Barbara Vine and Daphne du Maurier
Sumptuous and sinister with gothic hints, this is a compelling tale of blurred friendships
Rich and compelling. Fuller is an accomplished writer
Reminds me of JL Carr's A Month in the Country, Daphne Du Maurier's Jamaica Inn, and Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Incredibly atmospheric, vivid, and intriguing. I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't reading a forgotten classic.
A stealthy shocker about thwarted desire. A sinister, slow-burn tale that saves its most heart-wrenching revelation for last
A twisty, thorny, darkly atmospheric page turner about loneliness and belonging
As haunting as tuberose and delicate as a scalpel
Heady, claustrophobic . . . makes for perfect heatwave reading. Echoes Penelope Lively's Booker-winning Moon Tiger, Anita Brookner's Look At Me, and Sarah Waters' The Little Stranger
A rich and hypnotic read
This darkly smouldering, desperately sad, superior psychological thriller contains shades of Zoe Heller's Notes On A Scandal
It is rare for me to put down a novel and then immediately consider rereading it to see what cleverness I might have missed. This time, though, I am tempted.
Atmospheric. Rich, clever and very readable.
A delicate and disturbing read, alive with love, lust, envy and guilt
A sinister story that considers the terrifying lengths people will go to escape their pasts. In the vein of Shirley Jackson's bone-chilling The Haunting of Hill House, Fuller's disturbing novel will entrap readers in its twisty narrative, leaving them to reckon with what is real and what is unreal. An intoxicating, unsettling masterpiece.
Bitter Orange reads like an assured, old-school, du Maurieresque classic. It's an atmospheric page-turner that speeds us towards a bloody climax of shocks and surprises
Sinister and suspenseful, this gothic novel simmers with guilt, lust and envy
Bewitching, otherworldly . . . full of dark foreboding. Claire Fuller is a dazzling storyteller.
A compulsive page-turner. Fuller creates an atmosphere of simmering menace with all the assurance of a latter-day Daphne du Maurier
A rich, dark pressure cooker of a novel that simmers with slow heat and suppressed tension
Dark, beautifully written. It reminds me very much of Ian McEwan's Atonement, with similar slow-build tension and claustrophobic atmosphere
An exquisite and skilfully written novel, which worms its way under your skin while Frances's loneliness seeps off every page
Fuller is a master at summoning the atmosphere of a heady, hot summer that thrums with tension
Multi-layered, lush, twisty and brilliantly clever
A smart creation from a skilled writer: a heady psychological novel that builds its layers carefully to allow gradual revelations and stomach-churning surprises
Full of complex characters and narrative richness
Loneliness, guilt and atonement are at the heart of the atmospheric Bitter Orange
Naturally engaging and elegantly written. Fuller is an amply gifted storyteller
With shades of Brideshead and Manderley, Claire Fuller's atmospheric third novel plays a satisfyingly unpredictable game with reader expectations. Prepare to be meticulously unsettled and horribly enthralled
Full of dark foreboding. Claire Fuller is a dazzling storyteller
Cannily releasing clues on the way to an explosive finale . . . The lush setting and remarkable characters make for an immersive mystery
Elegant, atmospheric, vivid
Beautifully written, with echoes of Barbara Vine and Daphne du Maurier
Sumptuous and sinister with gothic hints, this is a compelling tale of blurred friendships