Our Little Cruelties
«Absorbing, beautifully written»
The Times, Crime Books of the Year (Skin Deep)
Three brothers. One in a coffin. Which brother put him there? And why? Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 384
- ISBN
- 9780241979747
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Absorbing, beautifully written»
The Times, Crime Books of the Year (Skin Deep)
«A masterful interrogation of a family's undoing ... and a ruthless examination of the pieces left behind»
Sunday Business Post
«Dramatic and compelling ... a whodunit and a Greek tragedy all in one ... absolutely riveting»
Irish Independent
«Nugent excels at creating a shocking story of a horrible family with huge issues and complexities that keep you hooked to the end»
RTÉ Guide
«Captivating ... A contemporary psychological thriller that will leave you wondering if you ever really know what someone else is thinking - or what goes on behind closed doors»
Sunday Independent
«Disturbing and addictive ... You'll be desperate to get to the bottom of it all»
Crime Monthly
«An uncanny ability to get under the skin of characters ... nobody is a mere cliché in Nugent's clear, propulsive writing»
Sunday Times
«The brilliant Liz Nugent has done it again ... Creepy, compelling and totally addictive»
Erin Kelly
«A family drama tinged with thriller that explores all the quiet brutalities siblings inflict on each other. Magnificent»
Sarah Pinborough
«Utterly compelling - full of terrible people doing terrible things and I could not have enjoyed it more»
Louise O'Neill
«Brilliantly written ... Highly original, with exceptionally well-drawn characters»
SHOTS Crime and Thriller
«I loved this compelling read»
Dinah Jeffries
«[A] harrowing, and sometimes blackly comic, drama of sibling rivalry»
Sarah Vaughan
«The narcissist mother and her objectionable three sons will draw you into their tangled tale of jealousy and sibling rivalry»
Daily Mail
«[An] incredible achievement ... I love her so much ... Genius»
Sebastian Barry
«Thrilling, twisty, and darkly fascinating»
My Weekly
«Smart, artful and totally gripping - LOVED IT»
Will Dean
«Loved it ... so addictive I read it in two sittings»
Paul Burston
«Gripping, occasionally horrifying and utterly entertaining»
Jane Casey
«A darkly humorous tale»
Hello!
«This great story of toxic relationships had me up way too late trying to work out who the bad guy was. As always, Liz had me guessing until the end»
Kit de Waal, Irish Times, Best Books of 2020
«Evocative, vivid, brilliant storytelling from a novelist of powerful gifts»
Joseph O'Connor
«A total page-turner ... The best yet from a superb and skillful writer. Loved it»
Fiona Kidman
«A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith»
Guardian
«Bloody brilliant»
«What a terrific storyteller Liz Nugent is! Brilliantly structured, fluently told, rich in unsettling incident and pulsing with dark, tumultuous energy ... her best book yet»
Irish Times
«The tight plotting and brilliant characterisation will keep you absolutely enthralled»
Best
«Deliciously dark and engaging writing ... Her fans are in for a real treat»
Jo Spain
«A proper rollicking family saga EPIC of a story shot through with black humour, toxic truths and pathos. Brava»
Sarah Hilary
«Stunning ... it really got under my skin like no other book»
Patricia Gibney
«A sizzling thriller»
Heat
«A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed, swift and exciting»
«Dark, beautiful, devastating - pure genius»
«Brilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster, part maze. Loved it!»
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«Fascinating ... Shows how thoroughly families can mess one another up, and how sometimes the greatest mysteries are found within the psyche»
New York Times, Books of the Year 2020
«The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work»
Tammy Cohen
«Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with»
«Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible people»
«MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that's really saying something»