Saint X

A remarkable debut … A richly polyphonic, prismatic novel … Issues are raised — tourism, racial bias, reality TV, sisterhood, excessive grief — but Schaitkin’s central preoccupation is with how we misperceive and misremember those around us. * Sunday Times *
Saint X is hypnotic … Schaitkin’s characters … are so intelligent and distinctive it feels not just easy, but necessary, to follow them. I devoured Saint X in a day. – Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of My Sister, The Serial Killer * New York Times *
Saint X imagines a chorus of voices in the aftermath of the alleged rape/murder of a privileged American girl vacationing in an exotic Caribbean country … irresistibly suspenseful and canny. – Joyce Carol Oates
A kaleidoscopic examination of race and privilege, family and self, told with the propulsive, kinetic focus of a crime thriller … I simply couldn’t stop reading. – Chang-Rae Lee
Saint X is more than the story of a missing girl. It’s a story about why such stories fascinate us … [It] also unpacks timely social and cultural issues — about grief, truth, white privilege and our murder-as-entertainment culture. * Washington Post *
Saint X is captivating right from the jump. * Entertainment Weekly *
Engrossing – Vogue US, ‘The 22 Best Books To Read This Winter’

Alexis Schaitkin’s short stories and essays have appeared in many literary journals and newspapers. Her fiction has been anthologized in The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and her essays have been notable mentions in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Writing. She received her MFA in fiction from the University of Virginia, where she was a Henry Hoyns Fellow. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts with her husband and son.

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.