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What They Do In The Dark

What They Do In The Dark


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About the Book

You will want to know a bit about this book before you commit to reading it. This novel is about two very different girls growing up in a tough Yorkshire town in the 1970s - spoilt Gemma, who seems to have everything, and neglected Pauline, who has less than nothing. But that is not the only story. A tale of penny sweets, suburban back gardens, swimming trips and Butlins holidays makes way for something altogether more sinister. And it is this story that will pull you towards its unimaginable climax, leaving you - haunted Heartbroken Angry This is the story that won't let you go. This is the story you won't be able to forget. This is What They Do in the Dark.

About the Author :
Amanda Coe's screenwriting credits include Shameless; Margot, about Margot Fonteyn and Nureyev; and As If, an acclaimed teen drama series. She is working on a pilot for HBO. The Times recently named her one of the top ten women in television.

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A rich novel that explores the darkness of social dysfunction both in 10-year-olds and in the adult world. ...Coe plots these ruined childhoods in a convincing fashion, including everything from drugs to divorce to molestation, without a heavy hand. She has an adept eye for psychological progression... ...superbly plotted, building, from seemingly disparate elements, with a dread inevitability to a tense and shocking finale. [An] impressive debut A dark, disturbing look at a 1970s childhood, as a tetchy relationship between two schoolgirls culminates in a truly shocking ending. A brilliant novel The first half of the book is pure delight But in the second half, you gradually realize this is not a gentle comedy at all. Indeed, the last 20 pages are among the most horrifying I have ever read. --A. N. Wilson Despite the undercurrents of violence and sex, this is really a story about character: how childhood innocence is lost, cynicism gained, morality discovered and then, perhaps, lost again a terrific debut, full of energy and color; as propulsive as a thriller. One of the most compelling novels published this year... Its savage wit and transporting eye for detail are the things that keep you along for the ride. One of the most masterly, disturbing pieces of fiction I have read in a long while... will leave you haunted long after you've read the final page.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781844087068
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Width: 154 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1844087069
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jul 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 345 gr


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