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Based on a True Story
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Description
What would you do if your closest friend tried to steal your life?
'Combining the allure of Gone Girl with the sophistication of literary fiction, Based on a True Story is a creepy but unapologetically clever psychological thriller' Independent
Today I know that L. is the sole reason for my powerlessness. And that the two years that we were friends almost made me stop writing for ever.
Overwhelmed by the huge success of her latest novel, exhausted and unable to begin writing her next book, Delphine meets L.
L. is the kind of impeccable, sophisticated woman who fascinates Delphine; a woman with smooth hair and perfectly filed nails, and a gift for saying the right thing. Delphine finds herself irresistibly drawn to her, their friendship growing as their meetings, notes and texts increase. But as L. begins to dress like Delphine, and, in the face of Delphine's crippling inability to write, L. even offers to answer her emails, and their relationship rapidly intensifies. L. becomes more and more involved in Delphine's life until she patiently takes control and turns it upside down: slowly, surely, insidiously.
Based on a True Story is a chilling novel of suspense that will leave you questioning the truth and its significance long after you have turned the final page.
Product details
| Published | 06 Apr 2017 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 384 |
| ISBN | 9781408878811 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
| Dimensions | 216 x 135 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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An incredible true story of obsessive female friendship that grips until the very last mark on the very last page
Denise Mina, bestselling author of The Long Drop
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A story that keeps the reader guessing until – and beyond – the very end ... A story of memory and friendship, a cracking page-turner and a journey into what the essence of fiction, and indeed autobiography, might be. Excellent
Nicholas Searle, author of The Good Liar, shortlisted for the 2016 CWA New Blood Dagger
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In this captivating story of imprisonment … Delphine de Vigan intelligently questions the place of the writer in our society of imitation
Le Figaro
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This is an addictive read. Clever, compulsive and deft. De Vigan kept me guessing to the point where I even began to question the reality of the pages in my hand. Fantastic
Ann Morgan, author of Beside Myself
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A wonderful literary trompe l'ceil: a book about friendship, writing and the boundary between reality and fantasy ... Dark, smart, strange, compelling
Harriet Lane, bestselling author of Her
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An excellent novel: malign, Machiavellian, manipulative … This new book is a struggle to put down
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