Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, who is trapped between her role as her alcoholic father's care taker, and her day job at the boys' prison. When the beautiful Rebecca Saint John arrives at the prison as the new counselor, Eileen is enchanted and unable to resist what appears to be a miraculously budding friendship.

Fully lives up to the hypeA taut psychological thriller, rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing, Eileen is effortlessly stylish and compelling. -- Robert Douglas-Fairhurst * The Times *
A sucker punch of a novel, full of fury and disgust, heart-wrenching in places, a masterclass in mood and tone. Eileen is a fantastic creation and a surprisingly satisfying antidote to the dozy and complacent heroines of much so-called literary fiction. -- Julie Myerson
An unforgettable new American voice. * Los Angeles Times *
The great power of this book…is that Eileen is never simply a literary gargoyle; she is painfully alive and human, and Ottessa Moshfegh writes her with a bravura wildness that allows flights of expressionistic fantasy to alternate with deadpan matter of factness… As a character study, the book is a remarkable tour de force… As an evocation of physical and psychological squalor, Eileen is original courageous and masterful. Moshfegh never panders. -- Sandra Newman * Guardian *
A seductive novel…Moshfegh writes beautiful sentences. One after the other they unwind – playful, shocking, wise, morbid, witty, searingly sharp. The beginning of this novel is so impressive, so controlled yet whimsical, fresh and thrilling, you feel she can do anything. * New York Times *
In the literary world…Ottessa Moshfegh is seen as a comer, perhaps even the Next Big Thing. Eileen is a remarkable piece of writing, always dark and surprising, sometimes ugly and occasionally hilarious… Trust me, you have never read anything remotely like Eileen. * Washington Post *
Ottessa Moshfegh has created one of the great characters of recent fiction. Eileen is a modern masterpiece: cruel, grotesquely beautiful and merciless as a hungry wolf finding a lost fawn in the snow. -- John Burnside
If Jim Thompson had married Patricia Highsmith – imagine that household – they might have conspired together to dream up something like Eileen. It’s blacker than black and cold as an icicle. It’s also brilliantly realised and horribly funny. -- John Banville
Excellent…a taut, well-written, and completely engrossing novel…culminating in a dynamite ending. * Boston Globe *
Perverse, squalid and sinister this expertly paced novel … delivers a thumping finish to match the build-up: a single line near the end has the effect of a thunderbolt, leaving us dumbstruck by her sly, almost wicked storytelling genius. -- Anthony Cummins * Daily Telegraph *

Ottessa Moshfegh has written four previous books: McGlue (2014); Eileen, which was awarded the 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize; Homesick for Another World (2017); and My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018), which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.

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ISBN 13	9780224102551
ISBN 10	0224102559
Title	Eileen
Author	Ottessa Moshfegh
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2016-03-03
Number of pages	272
Prizes	Short-listed for CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for First Novels 2016 (UK), Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2016 (UK), Short-listed for Gordon Burn Prize 2016 (UK)
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