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You’d Look Better as a Ghost

Autor Joanna Wallace
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 sep 2023

Vocea narativă a lui Claire ne captivează instantaneu prin cinismul ei chirurgical. Ea nu este un detectiv, ci sursa pericolului. Găsim în această carte o perspectivă inversată asupra moralității. Claire are un „dar”: vede oamenii ca pe niște fantome înainte să moară. Desigur, procesul este accelerat de propriile ei acțiuni. Ea își alege victimele cu o precizie rece, însă totul se complică atunci când devine, la rândul ei, observată. Cineva îi cunoaște secretul îngropat în grădină. Ritmul narativ amintește de Alice Bell, dar structura este mult mai întunecată, pendulând între terapia pentru doliu și crimele metodice. Considerăm că forța acestui roman stă în contrastul dintre banalul cotidian — o expoziție de artă, o întâlnire la bar — și violența brutală exercitată cu un ciocan. Credem că Joanna Wallace reușește să creeze un personaj feminin memorabil, continuând explorarea laturii întunecate a relațiilor umane începută în The Dead Friend Project. Dacă în lucrarea anterioară accentul cădea pe paranoia domestică, aici suntem transportați direct în mintea unui prădător. Tensiunea crește insuportabil când Claire realizează că nu mai deține controlul total asupra jocului. Este un thriller polițist scris în limba engleză care sfidează convențiile genului prin umor negru și o protagonistă profund imorală, dar fascinantă.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781800811294
ISBN-10: 1800811292
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 162 x 236 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Viper
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care savurează umorul negru și personajele complexe de tip „anti-erou”. Dacă v-au plăcut dinamica din Killing Eve sau romanele despre femei fatale cu agende ascunse, veți găsi aici o lectură alertă și șocantă. Câștigați acces într-o minte criminală care analizează lumea cu un sarcasm revigorant, totul ambalat într-un debut premiat care transformă doliul într-un joc de-a șoarecele și pisica.


Despre autor

Joanna Wallace este o voce nouă și percutantă în literatura polițistă britanică. Debutul său, You’d Look Better as a Ghost, a fost recompensat cu premiul Crime Fiction Lover Best Debut Novel, confirmând talentul autoarei de a îmbina satira socială cu tensiunea psihologică. În lucrările sale, precum The Dead Friend Project, Wallace explorează adesea teme legate de pierdere, secrete de familie și fațada normalității care ascunde impulsuri violente. Stilul său este caracterizat de un umor caustic și o capacitate remarcabilă de a crea suspans în cele mai neașteptate contexte cotidiene.


Notă biografică

Joanna Wallace studied Law at Birmingham University before working as a commercial litigation solicitor in London. She now runs a family business and lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband, four children and dog. She was partly inspired to write You'd Look Better as a Ghost, her debut, following her father's diagnosis of early onset dementia. Joanna's second novel, The Dead Friend Project, will be published in 2024.

Descriere scurtă

* WINNER OF THE CRIME FICTION LOVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL AWARD *'An absolute roller-coaster of a read' - DAILY MAIL'The most fun you're ever likely to have with a hammer-wielding maniac' - DAILY EXPRESS'Refreshingly original and laugh-out-loud funny' - CLARE MACKINTOSHI have a gift. I see people as ghosts before they die.Of course, it helps that I'm the one killing them.The night after her father's funeral, Claire meets Lucas in a bar. Lucas doesn't know it, but it's not a chance meeting. One thoughtless mistyped email has put him in the crosshairs of an extremely put-out serial killer. But even before they make eye contact, before Claire lets him buy her a drink, before she takes him home and carves him up into little pieces, something about that night is very wrong. Because someone is watching Claire. Someone who is about to discover her murderous little hobby.The thing is, it's not sensible to tangle with a part-time serial killer, even one who is distracted by attending a weekly bereavement support group and trying to get her art career off the ground. Claire will do anything to keep her secret hidden - not to mention the bodies buried in her garden. Let the games begin...Dexter meets Killing Eve in this superb thriller, perfect for fans of How To Kill Your Family and My Sister, the Serial Killer.'A welcome addition to darkly humorous female serial killer novels' - GUARDIAN'Delightfully shocking and irreverently funny' - JANICE HALLETT'If Bret Easton Ellis ever went to grief counselling, this would be just the kind of brilliant book he'd write' - PHILIPPA EAST

Recenzii

A welcome addition to the burgeoning subgenre of darkly humorous female serial killer novels... This one will be a treat: a pacey page turner, written in an enjoyably deadpan style
This darkly comedic thriller turns serial killer convention on its head, mainly because you can't help but root for protagonist Claire as she follows through on murderous thoughts that would be fleeting fantasies in anyone else... Utterly unique and an absolute roller-coaster of a read
Splendidly funny and buoyant [with] some deliciously ingenious twists... First-class escapist entertainment - the most fun you're ever likely to have with a hammer-wielding maniac
Horrifying and hilarious in equal measure
Intelligent and witty and for most of the novel the tone is lighthearted, allowing the deaths to feel thoroughly satisfying
[Wallace] writes like a dream, with an easy flow and sharp wit. She is skilled at writing fast-paced, authentic dialogue, summing up her characters best by simply letting them talk
Refreshingly original and laugh-out-loud funny, this is a superb debut
What a corker of a debut. Delightfully shocking and irreverently funny, this is a pitch-black comedy horror with a heart... of stone. Roll-up for your one-way ticket to the warped world of a glamorous psychopath and her relentless succession of hapless victims. I only took my eyes off the page to check Claire wasn't standing behind me. You'd Look Better as a Ghost is the darkest debut you'll read all year. Perfect for fans of Killing Eve
I was utterly hooked. Joanna Wallace's prose is scalpel-sharp, with one-liners that made me howl - trust me when I say that this is book is bloody funny - literally. Claire is a serial killer you can't help but love, while wondering if she could ever truly love you back... (picture Fleabag, but she's a blood-splattered psychopath wielding a hammer). I doubt I'll read a more original thriller this year
I absolutely loved this book. The combination of dark themes and black comedy is spot on
Monstrous and full of dark comedy and absolutely brilliant observations. Wonderful - everyone must read it
Will have you curling your toes with both laughter and horror. So dark, so funny. A brilliant debut
I loved this blackly comic serial-killer thriller, with its brilliant cat-and-mouse action and a plot that keeps you guessing at every razor-sharp turn. Witty, entertaining, clever and audacious, if Bret Easton Ellis ever went to grief counselling, this would be just the kind of brilliant book he'd write
This serial killer is deliciously dark with a sense of humour to die for, but is there more to Claire than her terrible past and bloodthirsty present? Joanna Wallace has created a multi-layered character who charms you even as you witness her crimes. An impressive debut
I loved it. I couldn't help but draw parallels with How to Kill Your Family and My Sister the Serial Killer. I think it sits proudly in this genre and had me laughing out loud in places!