She's A Killer

ISBN-13: 9781913547684 / Angielski

Kirsten McDougall

Opis

By turns sinister and hilarious, She's a Killer is the story of a reluctant genius who is drawn into radical action as the world falls apart around her.

Recenzje

*New Scientist Best New Science Fiction Books of October*

'Funny, thought-provoking, bold and unusual . . . McDougall's humour, pointed social observations and shocking plot twists combine with moving insights on self-knowledge, family and friendship' The Independent

'Alarmingly prescient . . . tightly-written . . . [She's a Killer] comes into its own as the pace of the action increases, and makes for a propelling finale' The Telegraph

'Darkly funny, scarily prescient' Red Magazine, 10 Best Books of October

'Smart, assured, and extremely funny, She's A Killer is a marvellously eccentric book that both skews and skewers the anxieties of our age... This is satire at its best.' Eleanor Catton, Booker Prize Winner, author of The Luminaries

'A fabulously dark pleasure, delivered in prose of singing tautness' Luke Jennings, author of Killing Eve

'McDougall's dystopian future is no distant vision: it's disturbingly familiar, urgently relevant. Narrator Alice is a brilliant creation - complex, prickly, often hilarious - and I was utterly in her thrall as she swept me along to the book's astonishing finale. Unputdownable' Catherine Chidgey, author of Remote Sympathy

'Darkly funny, utterly terrifying . . . A powerful, pre-apocalyptic book that's an inspired scream at our fingers-in-ears approach to the climate crisis. I couldn't stop thinking about it' Fran Littlewood, author of Amazing Grace Adams

'Deeply weird, compulsively readable, and a relevant allegory of a very possible future. I loved it' Julie Mae Cohen, author of Bad Men

'Original, unputdownable, darkly funny . . . I don't think I'll ever forget it' Becky Hunter, author of One Moment

'Pitch black, wildly compelling, enormous fun' Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds a Girl

'A gem . . . there is a surprise on every page, as Alice's behavior is never routine, and Simp is a wild card. Not quite a misanthrope, not quite a sociopath, Alice is compelling, hilarious, and dangerous all at once' Booklist (Starred Review)

'A thumping good story' New Zealand Herald

'Damn funny . . . a dextrous and talented writer who has really hit her stride' STUFF Magazine

'Brilliant' Greg Fleming, NZ Listener

'Lively, engaging and often hilarious . . . McDougall has created a world that slips easily between the entirely recognisable and the slightly strange' Academy of New Zealand Literature

'Equipped with an exhilaratingly badly-behaved protagonist, She's a Killer builds from a slice of very strange life into a thriller by way of a succession of stunning comic set pieces. You'll laugh - a lot. And then you'll cry and be really surprised about it since you were laughing so much' Elizabeth Knox, author of The Absolute Book

'Savagely witty and oddly moving, this is a dark and timely satire to savour' The Bookseller

'The novel's sense of humour - it's full of sharp one-liners and witty writing - doesn't detract from the seriousness of the subject underpinning the narrative, making She's a Killer a great read for those who like a bit of edge to their literary fiction' Books & Publishing

O autorze

Kirsten McDougall is a New Zealand novelist, short story writer and creative writing lecturer. Her 2017 novella Tess was longlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards and shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award. She lives in Wellington, New Zealand.