{"product_id":"waters-s-fingersmith-9780349017464","title":"Waters S Fingersmith","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful hardback 20th Anniversary Edition - with lovely endpapers, a ribbon and a new afterword by this celebrated author. \u003ci\u003eFingersmith\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of her most successful and best-loved novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTotally immersive with brilliantly drawn characters... \u003cb\u003ea page-turning thriller while managing to be a tender love story\u003c\/b\u003e * Adam Kay *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntensely atmospheric, impeccably paced, and cunningly structured\u003c\/b\u003e, this is that rarity in contemporary fiction: a deeply serious novel that is also a thumping great read -- Douglas Kennedy * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eThere are always novels that you envy people for not having read yet, for the pleasure they still have to come. Well, this is one. \u003cb\u003eLong, dark, twisted and satisfying, it's a fabulous piece of writing... An unforgettable experience\u003c\/b\u003e -- Julie Myerson * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the best twists of any book, one that lifts the novel from a brilliant piece of modern Victoriana to something altogether more original and daring\u003c\/b\u003e... \u003ci\u003eFingersmith\u003c\/i\u003e, like so many great books, calls into question our desire to fit novels into restrictive boxes... If you like a great story, brilliantly told, you'll love this book -- Laura Shepherd-Robinson * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA chilling, ingenious erotic thriller - unputdownable \u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eShe distils a slice of London Victoriana, involving pickpockets, orphans and identity, into a fantastic plot and handles the story so well that you just can't wait to get to the end * Tracy Chevalier *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh spirited and utterly compelling\u003c\/b\u003e -- Robert McCrum * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eSerious entertainment... \u003cb\u003eOne of the most startling plot twists you'll ever read\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nick Hornby * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA thrillerish plot, fast-moving with umpteen cunning twists, it is inhabited by richly human characters whose fortunes instantly engage the reader * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFingersmith\u003c\/i\u003e's tight and intricate plotting and full-flavour characters follow in a fine tradition of gothic storytelling, full of love, villains and intrigue\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jane Perry * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThis disquietingly twisted tale will engross -- Isobel Montgomery * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eDeliciously brazen... A smart and seductive enchantment * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFingersmith\u003c\/i\u003e is the third slice of engrossing lesbian Victoriana from Sarah Waters. Although lighter and more melodramatic in tone than its predecessor \u003ci\u003eAffinity\u003c\/i\u003e, this hypnotic suspense novel is awash with all manner of gloomy Dickensian leitmotifs * Travis Elborough *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOliver Twist \u003c\/i\u003ewith a twist... \u003cb\u003eWaters spins an absorbing tale that withholds as much as it discloses\u003c\/b\u003e... A pulsating story * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eSuperb storytelling. \u003ci\u003eFingersmith\u003c\/i\u003e is gripping; so suspenseful and twisting is the plot that for the last 250 pages, I read at breakneck speed * USA Today *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deftly plotted thriller... absorbing and elegant\u003c\/b\u003e * Entertainment Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eA marvelous pleasure... Waters's noted attention to historical detail and her beautifully sensitive dialogue help to anchor the force-five plot twisters * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eCalls to mind the feverishly gloomy haunts of Charlotte and Emily Bronte... Elaborate and satisfying * Seattle Times *\u003cbr\u003eA richly woven tale of duplicity and passion... nobody writing today surpasses the precocious Waters's virtuosic handling of narrative complexity and thickly textured period detail. This is a marvelous novel * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eA sweeping read * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003eAstonishing narrative twists * Newsday *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733644456279,"sku":"9780349017464","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/waters-s-fingersmith-9780349017464","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}