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Queen K: The ´dark and brilliant´ 2023 debut novel that uncovers the corruption of the Russian super-rich
Sarah Thomas
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'A classy thriller that will appeal to fans of Leila Slimani's Lullaby... A hot holiday read' Sunday Times 'A superb debut novel... Anyone who enjoyed The White Lotus will love Thomas's scalpel-sharp skewering of the mores and idiocies of the idle rich' Observer 'A dark and brilliant read . . . our bet is that this is going to be on the small or big screen' Glamour On a balmy evening in late March, an oligarch's wife hosts a party on a superyacht moored in the Maldives. Tables cover the massive deck, adorned with orchids, champagne bottles, name cards of celebrities. This is what Kata has wanted for a long time: acceptance into the glittering world of high society. But there are those who aim to come between Kata and her goal, and they are closer to home than she could have imagined. Witness to the corruption and violence underneath the shiny surfaces is Mel, a young English woman employed to tutor Kata's precocious daughter and navigate her through the class codes of English privilege. Now the closest Mel gets to such privilege is as hired help to the wealthy, and she is deeply resentful. Exquisitely written and deliciously unreliable, Queen K takes the reader to some of the most luxurious places in the world. But a dark refrain sounds from the very beginning of the story and grows towards its operatic finale: a novel about insatiable material desire can only ever be a tragedy.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781800814912
SKU
9781800814912
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
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About Sarah Thomas
Sarah Thomas worked for years as a private tutor to the super-rich. She lives in London and this is her first novel.
Reviews for Queen K: The ´dark and brilliant´ 2023 debut novel that uncovers the corruption of the Russian super-rich
Melanie is an outsider keeping her wits in a world of wealth and privilege . . . Thomas evokes these complex lives with compelling insight
Suzi Feay
Financial Times
Neither of the two female characters are straightforward; the relationship between them is well-drawn and they successfully propel the plot at a rattling pace. Thomas has a flair for telling a good story with wit and candour
Daily Mail
Beautifully crafted and compelling. Thomas perfectly captures the textures of entitlement and the inner workings of Russian plutocratic life lived between Moscow and Europe's glamour resorts
Caroline Knowles, author of Serious Money A wry, unsettling take on privilege, avarice and corruption. This book pulls back the curtain on the lives of the ultra-rich and reveals a world fatally distorted by greed and arrogance; it navigates questions of class and complicity with a rare deftness.
Keiran Goddard, author of Hourglass Thrilling, revealing and disturbing, Queen K dives deep into the hidden lives of the mega-rich, the dark structures of privilege and power, and the lies we tell ourselves to keep the illusion afloat. Thomas knows her subject inside out and it shows - her dazzling debut is both a gripping mystery and a relevant treatise on the dangers of wealth without limits
Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters Meticulously crafted
i-D
An enjoyably voyeuristic drama of ambition, exploitation and betrayal, which illustrates how desire for acceptance can lead us to neglect others
The Bookseller, Editor's Choice, Pick of the Month
Thomas has created a world of butter-cream-beige luxury, brimming with toxicity and darkness, that pulls you in, and under
Calla Henkel, author of Other People's Clothes
Trust us and order this because you won't be disappointed, and our bet is that this is going to be on the small or big screen. A dark and brilliant take of a Russian oligarch and his family ... such an easy, brilliant read
Glamour Magazine, Best New Books of 2023
What a compulsive read this was! A real eye-opener into a world I knew little about.
Prima
Tensely charged ... an intriguing and absorbing debut
Buzz Magazine
Echoes of The White Lotus ... A classy thriller that will appeal to fans of Leila Slimani's Lullaby ... A hot holiday read to brighten up the last few weeks of winter
Sunday Times
A superb debut novel... Anyone who enjoyed The White Lotus will love Thomas's scalpel-sharp skewering of the mores and idiocies of the idle rich
Observer
Balzac in Balenciaga... Queen K lures you in with escapist, beach-read vibes, then bares its teeth with a devastating portrait of the emotional cost of greed
Times
Patricia Highsmith-esque ... an untrustworthy narrator judging her employer's life of excess and desperate attempts to infiltrate a glittering world
The Debuts You'll Love in 2023
Evening Standard
A fascinating journey with lots to draw us in
Independent
Queen K is as compulsive as a Netflix binge, the bouncy prose propelling you forward, but it also asks timely questions about status and what constitutes a dignified life
Sheena Patel, author of I'm A Fan
Guardian
Gripping
i Paper
Queen K lures you in with escapist, beach-read vibes, then bares its teeth with a devastating portrait of the emotional cost of greed
Times, Paperback of the Month July 2023
Suzi Feay
Financial Times
Neither of the two female characters are straightforward; the relationship between them is well-drawn and they successfully propel the plot at a rattling pace. Thomas has a flair for telling a good story with wit and candour
Daily Mail
Beautifully crafted and compelling. Thomas perfectly captures the textures of entitlement and the inner workings of Russian plutocratic life lived between Moscow and Europe's glamour resorts
Caroline Knowles, author of Serious Money A wry, unsettling take on privilege, avarice and corruption. This book pulls back the curtain on the lives of the ultra-rich and reveals a world fatally distorted by greed and arrogance; it navigates questions of class and complicity with a rare deftness.
Keiran Goddard, author of Hourglass Thrilling, revealing and disturbing, Queen K dives deep into the hidden lives of the mega-rich, the dark structures of privilege and power, and the lies we tell ourselves to keep the illusion afloat. Thomas knows her subject inside out and it shows - her dazzling debut is both a gripping mystery and a relevant treatise on the dangers of wealth without limits
Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters Meticulously crafted
i-D
An enjoyably voyeuristic drama of ambition, exploitation and betrayal, which illustrates how desire for acceptance can lead us to neglect others
The Bookseller, Editor's Choice, Pick of the Month
Thomas has created a world of butter-cream-beige luxury, brimming with toxicity and darkness, that pulls you in, and under
Calla Henkel, author of Other People's Clothes
Trust us and order this because you won't be disappointed, and our bet is that this is going to be on the small or big screen. A dark and brilliant take of a Russian oligarch and his family ... such an easy, brilliant read
Glamour Magazine, Best New Books of 2023
What a compulsive read this was! A real eye-opener into a world I knew little about.
Prima
Tensely charged ... an intriguing and absorbing debut
Buzz Magazine
Echoes of The White Lotus ... A classy thriller that will appeal to fans of Leila Slimani's Lullaby ... A hot holiday read to brighten up the last few weeks of winter
Sunday Times
A superb debut novel... Anyone who enjoyed The White Lotus will love Thomas's scalpel-sharp skewering of the mores and idiocies of the idle rich
Observer
Balzac in Balenciaga... Queen K lures you in with escapist, beach-read vibes, then bares its teeth with a devastating portrait of the emotional cost of greed
Times
Patricia Highsmith-esque ... an untrustworthy narrator judging her employer's life of excess and desperate attempts to infiltrate a glittering world
The Debuts You'll Love in 2023
Evening Standard
A fascinating journey with lots to draw us in
Independent
Queen K is as compulsive as a Netflix binge, the bouncy prose propelling you forward, but it also asks timely questions about status and what constitutes a dignified life
Sheena Patel, author of I'm A Fan
Guardian
Gripping
i Paper
Queen K lures you in with escapist, beach-read vibes, then bares its teeth with a devastating portrait of the emotional cost of greed
Times, Paperback of the Month July 2023