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Pet by Catherine Chidgey (2023, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherEuropa Editions, Incorporated

ISBN-10160945930X

ISBN-139781609459307

eBay Product ID (ePID)15059032580

Product Key Features

Book TitlePet

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicContemporary Women, Thrillers / Psychological, Literary, Coming of Age

Publication Year2023

GenreFiction

AuthorCatherine Chidgey

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Damn this book is good. Pet is at once a brilliant coming-of-age thriller and a sharp dissection of racism and misogyny in 1980s [New Zealand]."--Molly Odintz, CrimeReads, "The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of Summer 2023" Praise for Catherine Chidgey "Chidgey is a find."--Times Literary Supplement "A writer of formidable resources, a deft stylist possessed of uncanny imaginative acuity."--The Guardian Praise for Remote Sympathy "Highly original and deeply researched, Catherine Chidgey's Remote Sympathy is a powerful and disturbing study in terrible lies and the human need to believe them... Few readers will close the covers of this book unshaken."Annie Proulx, author of Barkskins "With its multiple registers and complex view of humanity, Remote Sympathy marks a vital turn in Holocaust literature."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "Catherine Chidgey's second novel to be set in Nazi Germany is about how much people are able to overlook--and in doing so, perpetuate evil [ . . . ] surely one of the scariest books of the year."--Elena Nicolaou, O, The Oprah Magazine, Most Anticipated Historical Fiction of 2021 "'Simply being' is a major achievement for two of the three central characters in Catherine Chidgey's powerful new novel, which is set on both sides of the barbed wire barriers at Buchenwald."--The New York Times Book Review "A well-researched addition [to] Holocaust fiction."--Kirkus Reviews "Immersive, profound, and beautifully plotted."The Guardian "Are there new ways to tell stories of the Holocaust that are neither crass nor exploitative? In this moving and unusual novel, the New Zealand writer Catherine Chidgey shows that there are. Her novel is a fine achievement."--The Sunday Times, Best Historical Fiction of the Month "An insightful account of human nature set against the chaos of war. It is a moving examination of the human condition and well worth serious attention."--Historical Novels Society "The writing is beautifully wrought and the research a result of years of study. The novelist illustrates the senseless cruelty of the regime and portrays its characters convincingly, not as monsters but deluded, indulged and frightened victims of their own stupidity."--The Jewish Chronicle, Praise for Catherine Chidgey "Chidgey is a find."--Times Literary Supplement "A writer of formidable resources, a deft stylist possessed of uncanny imaginative acuity."--The Guardian Praise for Remote Sympathy "Highly original and deeply researched, Catherine Chidgey's Remote Sympathy is a powerful and disturbing study in terrible lies and the human need to believe them... Few readers will close the covers of this book unshaken."Annie Proulx, author of Barkskins "With its multiple registers and complex view of humanity, Remote Sympathy marks a vital turn in Holocaust literature."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "Catherine Chidgey's second novel to be set in Nazi Germany is about how much people are able to overlook--and in doing so, perpetuate evil [ . . . ] surely one of the scariest books of the year."--Elena Nicolaou, O, The Oprah Magazine, Most Anticipated Historical Fiction of 2021 "'Simply being' is a major achievement for two of the three central characters in Catherine Chidgey's powerful new novel, which is set on both sides of the barbed wire barriers at Buchenwald."--The New York Times Book Review "A well-researched addition [to] Holocaust fiction."--Kirkus Reviews "Immersive, profound, and beautifully plotted."The Guardian "Are there new ways to tell stories of the Holocaust that are neither crass nor exploitative? In this moving and unusual novel, the New Zealand writer Catherine Chidgey shows that there are. Her novel is a fine achievement."--The Sunday Times, Best Historical Fiction of the Month "An insightful account of human nature set against the chaos of war. It is a moving examination of the human condition and well worth serious attention."--Historical Novels Society "The writing is beautifully wrought and the research a result of years of study. The novelist illustrates the senseless cruelty of the regime and portrays its characters convincingly, not as monsters but deluded, indulged and frightened victims of their own stupidity."--The Jewish Chronicle, "Outside of New Zealand, Chidgey is not as well known as she should be. One hopes that this chilling tale of childhood vulnerability and violence might change that."--Lucy Scholes, Financial Times "Damn this book is good. Pet is at once a brilliant coming-of-age thriller and a sharp dissection of racism and misogyny in 1980s [New Zealand]."--Molly Odintz, CrimeReads, "The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of Summer 2023" "Pet is a page-turning psychological thriller: tense, uncomfortable and completely gripping."--The New Zealand Herald Praise for Catherine Chidgey "Chidgey is a find."--Times Literary Supplement "A writer of formidable resources, a deft stylist possessed of uncanny imaginative acuity."--The Guardian Praise for Remote Sympathy "Highly original and deeply researched, Catherine Chidgey's Remote Sympathy is a powerful and disturbing study in terrible lies and the human need to believe them... Few readers will close the covers of this book unshaken."Annie Proulx, author of Barkskins "With its multiple registers and complex view of humanity, Remote Sympathy marks a vital turn in Holocaust literature."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "Catherine Chidgey's second novel to be set in Nazi Germany is about how much people are able to overlook--and in doing so, perpetuate evil [ . . . ] surely one of the scariest books of the year."--Elena Nicolaou, O, The Oprah Magazine, Most Anticipated Historical Fiction of 2021 "'Simply being' is a major achievement for two of the three central characters in Catherine Chidgey's powerful new novel, which is set on both sides of the barbed wire barriers at Buchenwald."--The New York Times Book Review "A well-researched addition [to] Holocaust fiction."--Kirkus Reviews "Immersive, profound, and beautifully plotted."The Guardian "Are there new ways to tell stories of the Holocaust that are neither crass nor exploitative? In this moving and unusual novel, the New Zealand writer Catherine Chidgey shows that there are. Her novel is a fine achievement."--The Sunday Times, Best Historical Fiction of the Month "An insightful account of human nature set against the chaos of war. It is a moving examination of the human condition and well worth serious attention."--Historical Novels Society "The writing is beautifully wrought and the research a result of years of study. The novelist illustrates the senseless cruelty of the regime and portrays its characters convincingly, not as monsters but deluded, indulged and frightened victims of their own stupidity."--The Jewish Chronicle

Dewey Decimal823.92

SynopsisA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Washington PostThe New Yorker SlateCrimeReadsGood HousekeepingAmazon Book Review A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A suspenseful new psychological thriller from theWomen's Prize for Fiction longlisted andDublin Literary Award shortlisted author ofRemote Sympathy, Catherine Chidgey. Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of guilt takes a yet darker turn. Justine must decide where her loyalties lie. Set in New Zealand in the 1980s and probing themes of racism, misogyny and the oppressive reaches of Catholicism, Pet will take a rightful place next to other classic portraits of childhood betrayal and psychological suspense: Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures, Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping among them. "Refreshing, compelling and surprising."--Ann Morgan, author of Beside Myself and Reading the World, A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Washington Post The New Yorker Slate CrimeReads Good Housekeeping Amazon Book Review A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A suspenseful new psychological thriller from theWomen's Prize for Fiction longlisted andDublin Literary Award shortlisted author of Remote Sympathy , Catherine Chidgey. Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of guilt takes a yet darker turn. Justine must decide where her loyalties lie. Set in New Zealand in the 1980s and probing themes of racism, misogyny and the oppressive reaches of Catholicism, Pet will take a rightful place next to other classic portraits of childhood betrayal and psychological suspense: Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures, Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping among them. "Refreshing, compelling and surprising."--Ann Morgan, author of Beside Myself and Reading the World