Eileen

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016*Trapped between caring for her alcoholic father and her job as a secretary at the boys' prison Eileen Dunlop dreams of escaping to the big city.|Fully lives up to the hype. A taut psychological thriller rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing Eileen is effortlessly stylish and compelling.|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.|An unforgettable new American voice.|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.|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.|*SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE***FROM THE AUTHOR OF TIKTOK SENSATION MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION** Trapped between caring for her alcoholic father and her job as a secretary at the boys' prison Eileen Dunlop dreams of escaping to the big city. In the meantime her nights and weekends are filled with shoplifting and cleaning up her increasingly deranged father's messes. When the beautiful charismatic Rebecca Saint John arrives on the scene as the new counsellor at the prison Eileen is enchanted unable to resist what appears to be a miraculously budding friendship. But soon Eileen's affection for Rebecca pull her into a crime that far surpasses even her own wild imagination. 'Fully lives up to the hype. A taut psychological thriller rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing Eileen is effortlessly stylish and compelling' The Times *SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER AWARD*