{"product_id":"the-enchantment-of-lily-dahl-9780340682364","title":"The Enchantment of Lily Dahl","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eWHAT I LOVED \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A taut and convincing drama, as well as an intriguing metaphysical thriller'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Full of humour, surprise and powerful images'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLily Dahl is a heroine of the old school: tough, beautiful and brave.  A nineteen-year-old waitress and aspiring actress living in Webster, Minnesota, she becomes enchanted by an exotic outsider - an artist from New York.  Drawn into a world of erotic adventure, she finds herself the target of mysterious acts of madness as she strains against the confines of small town life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Queasily erotic, gothic and menacing'' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR SIRI HUSTVEDT:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompelling...Webster's hot-house atmosphere and collection of oddballs and freaks are brilliantly evoked...She orchestrates suspense masterfully and her writing has a quality of stillness, of effortless deliberation, which is peculiarly suited to the sense of foreboding. * \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eFull of humour, surprise and powerful images...Hustvedt's real triumph, though, is to take the ordinary and make it strange while showing how all strangeness is rooted in the ordinary. * \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eTold with the gripping pace of a straightforward mystery tale...A natural born storyteller * \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eA taut and convincing drama, as well as an intriguing metaphysical thriller * \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eSubtle, complex and engaging * \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eHustvedt's powerful theme of small-town mentality shows how intimacy and claustrophobia, secrets and skeletons, come out of the same closet...[an] exploration of the narrow line between imagination and reality while still managing to be a rip-roaring adventure story...beautifully written * \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eA startlingly good novel, tautly written and very sexy. * \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733609034071,"sku":"9780340682364","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780340682364.jpg?v=1720000823","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-enchantment-of-lily-dahl-9780340682364","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}