The Guest
Emma Cline
'The tension never wavers' Guardian
‘Sultry and engrossing’ Observer
Summer's almost over and Alex is no longer welcome...
Alex is a young woman teetering on the edge. Behind on her rent and with nothing to keep her in New York she agrees to spend August by the beach, in the lavish house of the older man she’s been seeing.
After one misstep at a dinner party she’s dismissed with a ride to the station and a ticket back to the city. But Alex decides to stay on the island, charming her way into the lives of the dazzlingly wealthy set who live there and leaving a trail of destruction behind her. Just how long can she keep going before she’s found out?
‘A delicious, dark-sided novel’ Guardian
‘Eerily captivating’ Elle
‘Compulsively readable’ Independent
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Reviews for The Guest
Observer
Drawing the reader inexorably on to the heightened, rug-pulling denouement, this is beach reading at its finest
Daily Mail
Every sentence as sharp as a scalpel . . . tantalizing
Liska Jacobs
New York Times Book Review
At once chilling and eminently evocative of the rarefied world it portrays . . . a definite contender for Status Vacation Book of 2023
Vogue
The ideal mix of hazy summer glamour and shimmering threat for compulsive beach reading... A gripping, almost ghastly book
Megan Nolan, author of ACTS OF DESPERATION
Observer,
Summer Reads of 2023
The Girls was exceptional; The Guest, with its exquisite pacing and deliciously muddled moral compass, is even better
Emily Watkins
Scotland on Sunday
Atmospheric and at times incandescent
Michelle Hart
Los Angeles Times
Cline's writing at its very best - hypnotically propulsive, viscerally disquieting, and moving in the most unpredictable ways
Doug Battersby
Financial Times
The tension never wavers . . . This is rich material for Cline, who trains a chilly eye on the preposterous affluence and exclusivity of that part of the world
Emma Brockes
Guardian
The Girls was exceptional; The Guest...is even better... Compulsively readable... The Guest is as refreshing as a dip in a cool pool on a hot day
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