One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists 2023
“Eliza Clark’s writing embraces the socially unacceptable and wryly explores themes of gender, power, and violence.”—Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists 2023
“Chilling, clever, and unputdownable.”—Guardian
From the author of the cult hit Boy Parts comes a chilling, brilliantly told story of murder among a group of teenage girls—a powerful and disturbing novel as piercing in its portrait of young women as Emma Cline’s The Girls.
On a beach in a run-down seaside town on the Yorkshire coastline, sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson is set on fire by three other schoolgirls.
Nearly a decade after the horrifying murder, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has written the definitive account of the crime, drawn from hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, painstaking historical research, and most notably, correspondence with the killers themselves. The result is a riveting snapshot of lives rocked by tragedy, and a town left in turmoil.
But how much of the story is true?
Compulsively readable, provocative, and disturbing, Penance is a cleverly nuanced, unflinching exploration of gender, class, and power that raises troubling questions about the media and our obsession with true crime while bringing to light the depraved side of human nature and our darkest proclivities.
© 2023 HarperAudio (Luisterboek): 9780063327887
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 26 september 2023
One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists 2023
“Eliza Clark’s writing embraces the socially unacceptable and wryly explores themes of gender, power, and violence.”—Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists 2023
“Chilling, clever, and unputdownable.”—Guardian
From the author of the cult hit Boy Parts comes a chilling, brilliantly told story of murder among a group of teenage girls—a powerful and disturbing novel as piercing in its portrait of young women as Emma Cline’s The Girls.
On a beach in a run-down seaside town on the Yorkshire coastline, sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson is set on fire by three other schoolgirls.
Nearly a decade after the horrifying murder, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has written the definitive account of the crime, drawn from hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, painstaking historical research, and most notably, correspondence with the killers themselves. The result is a riveting snapshot of lives rocked by tragedy, and a town left in turmoil.
But how much of the story is true?
Compulsively readable, provocative, and disturbing, Penance is a cleverly nuanced, unflinching exploration of gender, class, and power that raises troubling questions about the media and our obsession with true crime while bringing to light the depraved side of human nature and our darkest proclivities.
© 2023 HarperAudio (Luisterboek): 9780063327887
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 26 september 2023
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Jelle
10 nov 2023
Aside from being a captivating fictional true crime book in itself, the finale turns it into a layered exploration of our collective true crime obsession, ethical journalism and our tiring political climate of morality over art. The 'lore' and urban legends surrounding the town was also really interesting, making Crow feel like an actual place. The book is also a beautiful representation of the Tumblr era, although you need a strong tolerance for teen drama. The details are so true to life, though, especially for everyone who was a teen during the 2000s/2010s. It even has a Heavy Rain 'Jason!' reference. Well done, Eliza Clarke, well done!
Victoria
5 jan 2024
I can understand why a lot of people like this book because of the unreliable narrator but I gotta say this book isn't for me. I had high expectations for this book and it turned out to be such a drag of a read. :(
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