Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent
Hailed by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell as "a force to be reckoned with," Liz Nugent is back with a powerful and unsettling new novel that will invite comparison to the bitter relationships in HBO's blockbuster series Succession, as it follows three brothers, bound by blood but split by fate, and delves into the many ways families can wreak emotional havoc across generations.All three of the Drumm brothers were at the funeral.
But only one of them was in the coffin.
William, Brian, and Luke: three boys, born a year apart, trained from birth by their wily mother to compete for her attention. They play games, as brothers do...yet even after the Drumms escape into the world beyond their windows, those games--those little cruelties--grow more sinister, more merciless, and more dangerous. And with their lives entwined like the strands of a noose, only two of the brothers will survive.
Crisply written and quickly paced, perfect for fans of breathtaking suspense, Little Cruelties gazes unflinchingly into the darkness: the darkness collecting in the corners of childhood homes, hiding beneath marriage beds, clasped in the palms of two brothers shaking hands. And it confirms Liz Nugent--whose work has invited comparisons to Patricia Highsmith and Barbara Vine and has been celebrated as "captivating" (People) and "highly entertaining" (The Washington Post)--as one of the most exciting, perceptive voices in contemporary fiction.
Unravelling Oliver, Liz Nugent's debut novel, earned the Crime Fiction Prize at the 2014 Irish Book Awards. Lying in Wait, her second novel, debuted at number one on the Irish bestseller charts and stayed there for nearly two months, earning her a second Irish Book Award. She has spent the majority of her professional life working in Irish film, stage, and television. She is a prize-winning radio and television drama writer, as well as a prize-winning short story writer for both children and adults.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781501189685 |
| ISBN 10 | 1501189689 |
| Title | Little Cruelties |
| Author | Liz Nugent |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2020-11-10 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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