Summary
Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made, unbeknownst to her, for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many “incidents.”
Initially, surrounded by peers, conversing, eating, sleeping, looking out at the be…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398504141 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398504149 |
| Author: | Iain Reid |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Scribner UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 5 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
‘Iain Reid’s We Spread is a taut and frightening read, perhaps best called a thriller. But the true thrill is in how so slender a book tackles such big questions—What does it mean to make art? What happens as we near death?—with such grace’ Rumaan Alam ‘In We Spread Iain Reid masterfully gets into the psyche of his characters and readers all at once. What a gift’ Alma Har’el ‘I loved this book and couldn’t put it down–a deeply gripping, surreal and wonderfully mysterious novel. Not only has Reid given us a brilliant page turner, but a profoundly moving meditation on life and art, death and infinity. Reid is a master’ Mona Awad ‘With this latest hypnotic transmission, Reid delves into the strange substructures of psychology, where individual minds blur and a more undifferentiated kind of life teems. With tenderness and mastery, he offers us great insights on the nature of aging and the vertiginous experience of being human’ Alexandra Kleeman ‘As with all the finest weird fiction, We Spread is infinitely more than just a horror story. Its deceptively simple, deadpan delivery – like the ostensibly similar pieces of Hilbert’s Pando Puzzle – is a screen behind which a multiplicity of interpretations and possibilities, both horrific and mundane, lie cunningly concealed’ Guardian ‘Reid combines magnetic character development with clipped, eerie prose in this masterfully crafted psychological thriller that will keep the reader guessing until the very last word on the final page’ Booklist ‘[An] exquisite novel of psychological suspense … [Leaves] readers contemplating their own mortality and primed to see the sinister behind the mundane … This deep plunge into fears about growing old and losing control is unforgettable’ Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Iain Reid
Iain Reid is the author of five books, including the New York Times bestselling novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things. This novel has been translated into more than twenty languages and was adapted into a Netflix film by Oscar winner Charlie Kaufman.
His second novel, Foe, was also adapted for film, starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal. Reid’s third novel, We Spread, was nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award.
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