The Outsider
$28.81
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2020
Summary
‘A brilliant blend of sweeping satisfying family drama with a tense undercurrent of psychological thriller that hooks on and doesn’t let go until [Hourican] delivers her last devastating page’ Sunday Independent
‘The Outsider is everything you could want from high-end commercial fiction - it’s sharp, compelling, and full of keenly observed truths about human behaviour. Emily Hourican has always been an insightful, astute writer but this may be her best nov…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473681125 |
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| ISBN-10: | 147368112X |
| Author: | Emily Hourican |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Imprint: | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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An exquisite evocation of childhood and adolescence, riven with a dark underbelly in [this book] will resonate with readers … fresh and full of well-drawn characters, The Outsider is almost impossible to put down - Irish Independent
An atmospheric sizzler - The Gloss magazineA brilliant blend of sweeping satisfying family drama with a tense undercurrent of psychological thriller that hooks on and doesn’t let go until [Hourican] delivers her last devastating page - Sunday IndependentCompelling, almost hypnotic in its storytelling … with plenty to sink your teeth into, The Outsider by Emily Hourican is a haunting story about friendship, relationships, and the pressure to be something to everyone, and I highly recommend it. - Books of All KindsAbout The Author
Emily Hourican
Emily Hourican is the author of nine novels and one book of non-fiction. Her first novel, The Privileged, was published in 2016, became an instant bestseller, and was short-listed for the Best Popular Fiction Award at the Irish Book Awards that year. She then published three more works of contemporary fiction, the last of which, The Outsider, is being developed as a six-part TV series with Treasure Films, with Emily as screenwriter, supported by Screen Ireland.
In 2019 she began writing historical fiction, and has since published four acclaimed, best-selling historical novels based on the Guinness and Kennedy families. Emily is also an award-winning editor and journalist with the Sunday Independent,Ireland’s biggest-selling newspaper.Returns
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