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Things We Have in Common
Tasha Kavanagh
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Description for Things We Have in Common
Paperback. A dark and utterly addictive debut, Things We Have in Common is the perfect word-of-mouth read 'Genuinely chilling, this is one of the best books I've read this year' Independent Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015 LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016 'Unsettling, deeply moving and very, very readable. I loved it' NATHAN FILER, The Shock of the Fall 'A striking and highly enjoyable debut' SOPHIE HANNAH Yasmin would give anything to have a friend . . . And do anything to keep one. The first time I saw you, you were standing at the far end of the playing field. You were looking down at your brown straggly dog, but then you looked up, your mouth going slack as your eyes clocked her. Alice Taylor. I was no different. I used to catch myself gazing at the back of her head in class, at her silky fair hair swaying between her shoulder blades. If you'd glanced just once across the field you'd have seen me standing in the middle on my own, looking straight at you, and you'd have gone back through the trees to the path quick, tugging your dog after you. You'd have known you'd given yourself away, even if only to me. But you didn't. You only had eyes for Alice.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782115977
SKU
V9781782115977
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About Tasha Kavanagh
Tasha Kavanagh worked in film editing for ten years, on features including Twelve Monkeys, Seven Years in Tibet and The Talented Mr Ripley. She has an MA in Creative Writing from UEA. She has published several children's books under her maiden name, Tasha Pym. She lives in Hertfordshire with her family. Her first novel Things We Have in Common has been shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2015 and the Guardian Not the Booker Prize.
Reviews for Things We Have in Common
The next Gone Girl success story
Independent on Sunday
A pitch-black comedy thriller. This is a novel you read half covering your eyes, willing it not to venture where you fear it might. But of course it does, with great panache
Guardian
Kavanagh's command of raw suspense ensures that it grips from the very beginning
Mail on Sunday
The most chilling last line you'll read this year
Independent on Sunday
A brilliantly twisted coming-of-age tale . . . the story chillingly, compulsively unravels
Sunday Express
Kavanagh captures the voice of her troubled teen protagonist with clarity
i
A striking and highly enjoyable debut
SOPHIE HANNAH A tale of loneliness and teenage obsession which could be the next Gone Girl success story
Independent
I love it. The voice is perfect, the writing sublime . . . beautifully endearing, a stunning book
KEVIN BROOKS A highly compelling, truly excellent plot that will absolutely surprise you all the time, it is one of those stories that will leave you emotionally on edge - the final sentence is definitely going to come back to haunt me
LivLovesBooks Blog
Unsettling, deeply moving and very, very readable. I loved it
NATHAN FILER
The Shock of the Fall
Genuinely chilling, this is one of the best books I've read this year
Independent
A first-person narrative that poignantly captures the loneliness of an unlovable teenager . . . There are moments of real poignancy . . . Kavanagh expertly brings out the pathos
Guardian
Insightful, compellingly plotted
Costa First Novel Award 2015 judges Tipped as the next cult hit
Daily Telegraph
Independent on Sunday
A pitch-black comedy thriller. This is a novel you read half covering your eyes, willing it not to venture where you fear it might. But of course it does, with great panache
Guardian
Kavanagh's command of raw suspense ensures that it grips from the very beginning
Mail on Sunday
The most chilling last line you'll read this year
Independent on Sunday
A brilliantly twisted coming-of-age tale . . . the story chillingly, compulsively unravels
Sunday Express
Kavanagh captures the voice of her troubled teen protagonist with clarity
i
A striking and highly enjoyable debut
SOPHIE HANNAH A tale of loneliness and teenage obsession which could be the next Gone Girl success story
Independent
I love it. The voice is perfect, the writing sublime . . . beautifully endearing, a stunning book
KEVIN BROOKS A highly compelling, truly excellent plot that will absolutely surprise you all the time, it is one of those stories that will leave you emotionally on edge - the final sentence is definitely going to come back to haunt me
LivLovesBooks Blog
Unsettling, deeply moving and very, very readable. I loved it
NATHAN FILER
The Shock of the Fall
Genuinely chilling, this is one of the best books I've read this year
Independent
A first-person narrative that poignantly captures the loneliness of an unlovable teenager . . . There are moments of real poignancy . . . Kavanagh expertly brings out the pathos
Guardian
Insightful, compellingly plotted
Costa First Novel Award 2015 judges Tipped as the next cult hit
Daily Telegraph