Lauren Beukes

The Shining Girls

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Produktbeschreibung

The jaw-dropping, page-turning, critically-acclaimed book of the year: a serial-killer thriller unlike any other from the award-winning Lauren Beukes. â GONE GIRL has not exactly gone. But THE SHINING GIRLS have arrivedâ (The Times).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins / HarperCollins UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 076672
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9780007464586
• ISBN-10: 0007464584
• Artikelnr.: 36994177

Autorenporträt

Lauren Beukes writes novels, comics and screenplays, and has worked in journalism, kids TV and documentary making. Her critically acclaimed novel The Shining Girls, which has been translated into 22 languages, was a Sunday Times bestseller and 2013 Richard & Judy Book Club choice. Her previous novel, Zoo City, a black magic noir set in Johannesburg, won the coveted Arthur C. Clarke Award. She is also the author of the neo-political thriller, Moxyland. She lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Rezensionen

'A powerful thriller - imaginative, disturbing, tense, compelling reading' The Times

'I'm all over it' Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl

'Brilliant. A book about the duel of two fabulously realized characters. A triumph' Independent

'Clever story, smart prose' Stephen King

'Extremely creepy' Mail on Sunday ('Must Reads')

'Very smart, wholly original, completely kick-ass' William Gibson

'Engrossing as it is original, as rewarding as it is challenging. Superb - a beautifully layered work of fiction. Take the time to read this, it's mesmerizing' Sun

'Utterly original, beautifully written. This is something special' Tana French, author of In The Woods

'Brilliant. Forget GONE GIRL, now it's all about THE SHINING GIRLS' Observer

'Disturbing, smart and beautifully written' Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus

'This year's must-read' Stylist

'A new kind of thriller. A dark, relentless, time-twisting, page-turning murder story. It shines' Matt Haig, author of The Humans