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288 pages 21 cm |
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Shirley Jackson meets Ottessa Moshfegh meets My Sister the Serial Killer in a brilliantly unsettling and darkly funny debut novel full of suspense and paranoia. George March's latest novel is a smash hit. None could be prouder than Mrs. March, his dutiful wife, who revels in his accolades and relishes the lifestyle and status his success brings. A creature of routine and decorum, Mrs. March lives an exquisitely controlled existence on the Upper East Side. Every morning begins the same way, with a visit to her favourite patisserie to buy a loaf of olive bread, but her latest trip proves to be her last when she suffers an indignity from which she may never recover: an assumption by the shopkeeper that the protagonist in George March's new book -- a pathetic sex worker, more a figure of derision than desire -- is based on Mrs. March. One casual remark robs Mrs. March not only of her beloved olive bread but of the belief that she knew everything about her husband ' and herself -- sending her on an increasingly paranoid journey, one that starts within the pages of a book but may very well uncover both a killer and the long-buried secrets of Mrs. March's past. A razor-sharp exploration of the fragility of identity and the smothering weight of expectations, Mrs. March heralds the arrival of a wicked and wonderful new voice |
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Äktenskap
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Skvaller
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Hemligheter
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Författare
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Authors' spouses -- Fiction
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Neuroticism -- Fiction
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Marriage -- Fiction
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Gossip -- Fiction
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Förenta staterna -- New York
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Upper East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
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Psykologiska skildringar
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Thrillers
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Romaner
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Classmark |
823/.92
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He.01
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ISBN/ISSN |
9780008421724 paperback |
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9780008421731 (ePub ebook) |
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