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The Girl on the Stairs: A Masterful Psychological Thriller
Louise Welsh
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Description for The Girl on the Stairs: A Masterful Psychological Thriller
Paperback. A fantastically atmospheric, sexually charged novel by the acclaimed author of The Cutting Room. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Jane and Petra have been together for six years and after deciding to have a child, they move to Petra's hometown, Berlin. But things do not quite go according to plan. Jane, at six months pregnant, finds herself increasingly isolated and preoccupied with the monuments and reminders of the Holocaust which echo around the city - imagining the horrors that happened in the spaces around her. She becomes uneasy in the apartment and conceives a dread of the derelict backhouse across the courtyard. She also begins to suspect their neighbour, Alban Mann, of sexually assaulting his daughter, and places a ... Read more
Jane and Petra have been together for six years and after deciding to have a child, they move to Petra's hometown, Berlin. But things do not quite go according to plan. Jane, at six months pregnant, finds herself increasingly isolated and preoccupied with the monuments and reminders of the Holocaust which echo around the city - imagining the horrors that happened in the spaces around her. She becomes uneasy in the apartment and conceives a dread of the derelict backhouse across the courtyard. She also begins to suspect their neighbour, Alban Mann, of sexually assaulting his daughter, and places a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848546509
SKU
V9781848546509
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Ref
99-10
About Louise Welsh
After a history degree from the University of Glasgow, Louise Welsh opened a second hand bookshop, which she ran for several years before becoming a full-time author. She has been the recipient of several awards including The John Creasey Memorial Dagger, the Saltire First Book Award, the Glenfiddich/Scotland on Sunday Spirit of Scotland Writing Award and City of Glasgow Lord ... Read more
Reviews for The Girl on the Stairs: A Masterful Psychological Thriller
Louise Welsh's taut new novel at times feels like a potent cross between The Yellow Wallpaper and Rear Window . . . Welsh expertly conveys the escalation of Jane's suspicions to something approaching obsession
Observer
'An impressive psychological chiller'
Sunday Telegraph
'Sharply rendered . . . The reader's anxiety is heightened by a myriad of small ... Read more
Observer
'An impressive psychological chiller'
Sunday Telegraph
'Sharply rendered . . . The reader's anxiety is heightened by a myriad of small ... Read more