
From the bestselling author of The Girls comes a "brilliant" (The New York Times) story collection exploring the dark corners of human experience. "Daddy's ten masterful, provocative stories confirm that Cline is a staggering talent."--Esquire NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY An absentee father collects his son from boarding school after a shocking act of violence. A nanny to a celebrity family hides out in Laurel Canyon in the aftermath of a tabloid scandal. A young woman sells her underwear to strangers. A notorious guest arrives at a placid, not-quite rehab in the Southwest. In ten remarkable stories, Emma Cline portrays moments when the ordinary is disturbed, when daily life buckles, revealing the perversity and violence pulsing under the surface. She explores characters navigating the edge, the limits of themselves...
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Att lsa Emma Cline r ofta smrtsamt. Hon har en blick fr mnskliga tillkortakommanden som pminner mig om hur Joyce Carol Oates skildrar medellders mn. Det finns ocks ngot Vita Andersenskt ver vissa karaktrers monumentala ovilja eller ofrmga att gra ngot t den hopplsa situation de hamnat i.
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Att lsa Emma Cline r ofta smrtsamt. Hon har en blick fr mnskliga tillkortakommanden som pminner mig om hur Joyce Carol Oates skildrar medellders mn. Det finns ocks ngot Vita Andersenskt ver vissa karaktrers monumentala ovilja eller ofrmga att gra ngot t den hopplsa situation de hamnat i.