Plaything: A tense and compulsive novel of unnatural fixation

'I just loved it - it truly wedged itself into my brain. Absolutely vile and brilliant. Plaything is an unhinged melody, and it will serenade fans of the darkest narratives.' ALICE SLATER, author of Death of a Bookseller 'A gloriously tense tale of obsession' Financial Times Anna is smart. Smarter than you, probably. But when she falls for the beautiful, enigmatic Caden, her need to get under his skin, to truly know him becomes overpowering. Anna's new life in Cambridge is full of promise - she's the top student in her PhD cohort, she has great friends and she has met an exhaustingly attractiv e man - but something is a little off. Perhaps it's the routine violence of her lab work with animals, or maybe it's something to do with her boyfriend's icy reserve but it seems there is a kind of menace hiding beneath the Cambridge dream. When Anna and Caden's lives become tightly entangled, her obsession with Caden's seemingly ever-present ex-girlfriend reaches a dangerous pitch... Just how far will she go to satiate her curiosity? ------------------- FROM THE REVIEWS FOR BEA SETTON'S BERLIN 'Terrific . . . [an] unsettling and compelling read' Observer 'I was completely absorbed' FRANCESCA REECE, author of Voyeur 'Compelling, raw and thrillingly strange' MONA AWAD, author of Bunny 'Cinematically vivid, and refreshingly honest' LISA HALLIDAY, author of Asymmetry EAN: 9780857528018 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 27.06.2024 Autoren: Setton, Bea Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 316 Themenüberschrift: FICTION / Literary Keyword: saltburn; literary fiction; contemporary fiction; literature; literature books; thriller; revenge; eliza clark; boy parts; books about relationships; obsession; dangerous women; eileen; ottessa moshfegh; sheena patel; i'm a fan; megan nolan; acts of desperation; what a shame; vladimir; julia may jonas; lara williams; supper club; animals; lisa taddeo; the things we do to our friends; stargazer; berlin bea setton; mental health; relationships; horror Fachschema: Amerikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Cambridge~Cambridge / Roman, Erzählung Fachkategorie: Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Adoleszenz Imprint-Titels: Doubleday Länge: 234 mm Breite: 156 mm Höhe: 32 mm