{"product_id":"monsters-9781471404627","title":"Monsters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Disturbingly compelling' - GuardianA blackly comic tale about two children you would never want to meet - from the film director of Saltburn and Promising Young Woman.   Set in the Cornish town of Fowey, all is not as idyllic as the beautiful seaside town might seem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmerald Fennell combines \u003cb\u003esharp psychological insight\u003c\/b\u003e with \u003cb\u003emordant humour\u003c\/b\u003e to fashion a dark, contemporary fairy tale. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e...a mash-up of Carrie and Bluebeard with a touch of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is \u003cb\u003esmart, modern and fresh\u003c\/b\u003e. This savagely and ultimately bleak tale is not for the faint of heart. * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eMonsters by Emerald Fennell is absolutely great. It's about two appalling children, a sinister seaside holiday and a spate of murders. It's \u003cb\u003egripping and astonishingly\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003egleefully dark\u003c\/b\u003e. * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eEmerald Fennel's MONSTERS is a \u003cb\u003etremendous\u003c\/b\u003e, destabilising work of fiction, infusing the mundane with eerie and unsettling darkness. It is written, moreover, in a \u003cb\u003eremarkable\u003c\/b\u003e tone of voice: Roald Dahl meets Muriel Spark. Astonishing. -- William Boyd * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e..the two kids embark on a blissful summer of voyeurism, spying, and youthful sleuthing of the most appalling kind. They may not be the Secret Seven, but they are \u003cb\u003edisturbingly compelling\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eEmerald Fennel's MONSTERS will delight 12-plus fans of Edward Gorey, Lemony Snicket and Bret Easton Ellis; it is a \u003cb\u003ehideously funny\u003c\/b\u003e account by a cynical 13 year old girl of a series of murders in the Cornish town of Fowey. \u003cb\u003eSophisticated and suspenseful\u003c\/b\u003e, it has a view of parents that adults would be wise to avoid reading. -- Amanda Craig * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eIt's very difficult not to overuse the word disturbing to describe this book... Monsters is a challenging novel for teens that is a well-balanced combination of \u003cb\u003eshocking\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ethought-provoking\u003c\/b\u003e and gruesomely entertaining writing. * We Love This Book *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern classic\u003c\/b\u003e... Not for the faint-hearted, but lovers of \u003cb\u003epitch-black humour\u003c\/b\u003e, unreliable narrators and unspeakable children will have a ball with Fennell's tale of an idyllic Cornish town, an inconvenient body, and two 12-year-olds unwholesomely obsessed with murder * Guardian *","brand":"Hot Key Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408701301079,"sku":"9781471404627","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781471404627.jpg?v=1730503875","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/monsters-9781471404627","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}