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A Narrow Door: The electric psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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A Narrow Door: The electric psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Joanne Harris
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:448 | Dimensions(mm): Height 232,Width 150 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781409170822
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Classifications | Dewey:823.92 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Orion Publishing Co
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Imprint |
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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Publication Date |
4 August 2021 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
"A dark world of emotional complexity and betrayal, where twist follows twist and nothing is what it seems. A masterful narrative voice, and a compulsive thriller from one of our greatest writers. I absolutely loved it." - Alex Michaelides, No.1 bestselling author of THE SILENT PATIENT From the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling, multi prize-winning author Joanne Harris, comes A NARROW DOOR - an explosive psychological thriller about one woman who, having carved out her own path to power, is now intent on tearing apart the elite world that tried to hold her back . . . piece by piece. --- Praise for Joanne Harris's other books set in the St Oswald's world - which all read as standalone thrillers: 'A masterpiece of misdirection' Val McDermid 'Delivers an almighty twist . . . brilliantly atmospheric ' The Times 'Crime novel or literary novel? Categories really don't matter; readers will find themselves comprehensively gripped' Independent '[A] gripping psychological thriller . . . Harris is one of our most accomplished novelists' Daily Express 'Marvellously mischievous' Good Housekeeping 'A classic whodunnit with the characters carefully crafted and the tension at a knife edge' Sunday Express '[A] delicious black comedy' Daily Mail
Author Biography
Joanne Harris is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of eighteen novels, plus novellas, scripts, short stories, libretti, lyrics, articles, and most recently, a self-help book for writers, TEN THINGS ABOUT WRITING. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and is Chair of the Society of Authors. She is active on Twitter, where she writes stories and gives writing tips as @joannechocolat; she posts weekly writing seminars on YouTube; she performs in a live music and storytelling show with the #Storytime Band; and she works from a shed in her garden at her home in Yorkshire.
ReviewsJoanne Harris's assured hand leads you into a psychological maze, deeper and deeper into a dark world of emotional complexity and betrayal, where twist follows twist and nothing is what it seems. A masterful narrative voice, and a compulsive thriller from one of our greatest writers. I absolutely loved it * Alex Michaelides * Watch out for the quiet ones. Clever and terrifying. * Maggie Gee *
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