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Genre/Form: | Thrillers (Fiction) Fiction Thriller Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Oyinkan Braithwaite |
ISBN: | 9781786495983 1786495988 |
OCLC Number: | 1117322145 |
Notes: | "Originally published in Nigeria, in a different form, as an e-book entitled Thicker than water by Qamina, Lagos, in 2017."--Title page verso. |
Awards: | Winner of LA Times award for best crime thriller 2019 Winner of Amazon Publishing Readers' Awards 2019 Short-listed for The Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 (UK) Long-listed for The Booker Prize 2019 |
Description: | 226 pages ; 20 cm. |
Responsibility: | Oyinkan Braithwaite. |
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Pulpy, peppery and sinister... This scorpion-tailed little thriller leaves a response, and a sting, you will remember. * New York Times * A literary sensation * Guardian * A sensational debut * Observer, Debut's of 2019 * Fiendishly talented * The Times * Hilarious, disturbing, and so much fun to read. * Elle, Books to watch in 2019 * Utterly addictive and a pure joy to read * Stylist * A bombshell of a book - sharp, explosive, hilarious * New York Times Book Review * Feverishly hot * Paula Hawkins, author of 'The Girl on the Train' * Lethally elegant -- Luke Jennings, author of Killing Eve: Codename Villanelle Delightfully naughty... The wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to. * Samantha Irby, Marie Claire * Disturbing, sly and delicious * Ayobami Adebayo, author of 'Stay with Me' * Riveting, brutally hilarious, ultra-dark novel... A delicious tale. * Nylon * An ideal book for the present moment * Washington Post * This book is amazing, and every woman should read it in public. While cackling. * Lit Hub, Book of the Year 2018 * A deliciously kitschy thriller... Murderously good fun * Tatler, Best Books of 2019 * You can't help flying through the pages * Buzzfeed, Book of the Year 2018 * Inventive and darkly comic * Daily Mail * A stiletto slipped between the ribs and through the left ventricle of the heart * Financial Times * Oyinkan Braithwaite is rewriting the slasher novel, and man, does it look good... A terrific and clever novel about sisterhood * Refinery29 * A gem: small, hard, sharp, and polished to perfection * Edgar Cantero, author of 'Meddling Kids' * Sly, risky, and filled with surprises * Idra Novey, author of 'Ways to Disappear' * Bursting with chutzpah and laced with deadpan wit * Liz Jensen, author of 'The Ninth Life of Louis Drax' * Blazing... Bitingly funny and brilliantly executed * Publishers Weekly, (starred review) * Dark, scathing, insidious, and wickedly funny * Crimereads * Deftly written... pointy and sleek * The i * A comically clever and exciting debut * The Skinny * A short, sharp and sinister sister act, told with plenty of mordant humour * Irish Independent * A darkly funny romp * Big Issue * That dark humour will stay with you long after you've put down the book * Scotsman * Leaves you torn between laughing, crying, and immediately going out and resisting the patriarchy * Vogue * [A] glittering noirish comedy. * Daily Mail * Read more...

