Cold Light by Jenn Ashworth
An unsettling, darkly humorous tale of teenage girls in a predatory adult world, and a cocktail of lies, jealousy and unworldliness that leads to tragedy.
Ashworth's novel is bleak and gritty, painting an uncompromising portrait of teenage life.. In the best possible way this novel is an uncomfortable read. * Lucy Scholes, Sunday Times *
That most uncommon delight - a literary page-turner. * Sunday Times *
Haunting...it is told by the hand of a true storyteller. * Independent *
Award-winning Jenn Ashworth leavens a bleak but pacey story with dry, wry humour, resulting in an extraordinarily perceptive and beautifully written novel * Sunday Express *
A psychological thriller of the first order. * The Age, Australia *
A wonderful tale, beautifully told. * Bella *
Remember teenage bitching and insecurity? This book will take you back there, except with more lies and gruesome murder. Scarily believable. * Fabulous *
a chilling, blackly funny novel with a surreal edge about the intensity of teenage friendship. * Grazia *
Another cleverly skewed tale told from the self-conscious perspective of an outsider... arrestingly observant... Ashworth's second book confirms that the first was no one-off... her talent could take her a long way * Guardian *
That most uncommon delight - a literary page-turner. * Sunday Times *
Haunting...it is told by the hand of a true storyteller. * Independent *
Award-winning Jenn Ashworth leavens a bleak but pacey story with dry, wry humour, resulting in an extraordinarily perceptive and beautifully written novel * Sunday Express *
A psychological thriller of the first order. * The Age, Australia *
A wonderful tale, beautifully told. * Bella *
Remember teenage bitching and insecurity? This book will take you back there, except with more lies and gruesome murder. Scarily believable. * Fabulous *
a chilling, blackly funny novel with a surreal edge about the intensity of teenage friendship. * Grazia *
Another cleverly skewed tale told from the self-conscious perspective of an outsider... arrestingly observant... Ashworth's second book confirms that the first was no one-off... her talent could take her a long way * Guardian *
Jenn Ashworth is the author of the novels A Kind of Intimacy, which won a Betty Trask Award, Cold Light, The Friday Gospels, Fell and Ghosted: A Love Story, which was shortlisted for the Portico Prize. In 2011, she was featured on BBC Two's The Culture Show as one of the twelve Best New British Novelists. She has also written a memoir-in-essays, Notes Made While Falling, which was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. She lives in Lancashire and is a Professor of Writing at Lancaster University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781444707762 |
| ISBN 10 | 1444707760 |
| Title | Cold Light |
| Author | Jenn Ashworth |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2012-01-19 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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