What They Do In The Dark
Published on 10. May 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-84408-707-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is a novel about two very different girls, and how sometimes, the sum can be more terrifying than each of its parts.
'You may think you know what they do in the dark . . . But who are "they"? . . . Set in the mid-1970s, What They Do in the Dark combines cosy nostalgia (jumbo lollies, gas fires) with rumbles of apprehension. Something awful's going to happen, but it's not clear what . . . A terrific debut, full of energy and colour; as propulsive as a thriller' Carrie O'Grady, Guardian
'You may think you know what they do in the dark . . . But who are "they"? . . . Set in the mid-1970s, What They Do in the Dark combines cosy nostalgia (jumbo lollies, gas fires) with rumbles of apprehension. Something awful's going to happen, but it's not clear what . . . A terrific debut, full of energy and colour; as propulsive as a thriller' Carrie O'Grady, Guardian
Reviews / Votes
A masterly, disturbing piece of fiction . . . A novel that will leave you haunted long after you've read the final page -- Lucy Scholes * Sunday Times * Superbly plotted, building from seemingly disparate elements, with a dread inevitability to a tense and shocking finale -- John Harding * Daily Mail * Disturbing, clever and unputdownable * Image * Impressive * Marie Claire * A terrific debut, full of energy and colour; as propulsive as a thriller -- Carrie O'Grady * Guardian * Be warned: this has one of the most shocking endings we've ever read * Grazia * A masterly, disturbing piece of fiction . . . A novel that will leave you haunted long after you've read the final page -- Lucy Scholes * Sunday Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84408-707-5 (9781844087075)
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Amanda Coe
What They Do In The Dark
Book
07/2011
Virago Press Ltd
€36.11
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Person
Amanda Coe is the acclaimed screenwriter and author who in 2013 won a BAFTA for the BBC Four adaptation of John Braine's Room at the Top, starring Maxine Peake. Her other credits include Life in Squares, Margot, As If and the recent BBC One adaptation of Apple Tree Yard. Her novels What They Do in the Dark and Getting Colder are published by Virago.