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*Now a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal* A taut, psychological thriller from Iain Reid, “one of the most talented purveyors of weird, dark narratives in contemporary fiction” (Los Angeles Review of Books).Severe climate change has ravaged the country, leaving behind a charred wasteland. Junior and Henrietta live a comfortable if solitary life on one of the last remaining farms. Their private existence is disturbed th...

A taut, philosophical, haunting puzzle of a novel by the acclaimed author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things

The author of the "evocative, spine-tingling, and razor-sharp" (Bustle) I'm Thinking of Ending Things that inspired the Netflix original movie and the "short, shocking" (The Guardian) Foe returns with a new work of suspense following an elderly woman trapped in a mysterious facility.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 o...

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Bogen bag Netflix-filmen. JEG OVERVEJER AT GØRE DET FORBI er en spændingsfyldt og nervepirrende thriller om en biltur, der får fatale konsekvenser.Jake og hans kæreste er på vej hjem for at besøge hans forældre på deres afsidesliggende gård. Da en snestorm bryder ud, tager parret en uventet omvej og strander foran en tom high school og søger tilflugt indenfor.I dagene efter efterforsker politiet et mord, der er sket på samme high school. Men h...

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The author of the "evocative, spine-tingling, and razor-sharp" (Bustle) I'm Thinking of Ending Things that inspired the Netflix original movie and the "short, shocking psychological three-hander" (The Guardian) Foe returns with a new work of philosophical suspense.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 th...

Third novel from the internationally bestselling author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things and Foe

Die Erzählerin fährt mit ihrem neuen Freund Jake durch die winterliche Weite Kanadas. Trotz ihrer besonderen Verbindung denkt sie darüber nach, die Sache zu beenden. Und während draußen die Dämmerung das einsame Land in Dunkelheit hüllt, werden drinnen im Wagen Gespräche und Atmosphäre immer unheimlicher: Weshalb hält die Erzählerin einen Stalker vor Jake geheim, der ihr seit Längerem Angst macht? Warum gibt Jake nur bruchstückhaft etwas von s...

Third novel from the internationally bestselling author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things and Foe

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...

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Jake and his girlfriend are on a drive to visit his parents at their remote farm. After dinner at the family home, things begin to get worryingly strange. And when he leaves her stranded in a snowstorm at an abandoned high school later that night, what follows is a chilling exploration of psychological frailty and the limitations of reality. Iain Reids intense, suspenseful debut novel will have readers nerves jangling. A series of tiny clues s...

A metafictional mystery put to the service of literary but accessible horror. Jake leaves his girlfriend snowed in at an abandoned high school, with psychological frailty examined in what follows until a haunting twist. "New York Journal Of Books" called it 'smart and unexpectedly fun.

Foe is a tale of implacably mounting peril that feels all the more terrifying for being told in such a quiet, elegantly stripped-down voice. Iain Reid knows how to do 'ominous' as well as anyone I've ever read." —Scott Smith, author of The Ruins and A Simple Plan A taut, psychological mind-bender from the bestselling author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things.We don't get visitors. Not out here. We never have. In Iain Reid's second haunting, phil...

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A taut, philosophical, haunting puzzle of a novel by the acclaimed author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things

The acclaimed author of "I'm Thinking Of Ending Things" considers domesticity, self-determination and personhood in this eerie tale of the fallout upon a rural couple brought about by unexpected visitors with a strange proposition.

We don't get visitors. Not out here. We never have.' In Iain Reid's second haunting, philosophical puzzle of a novel, set in the near-future, Junior and Henrietta live a comfortable, solitary life on their farm, far from the city lights, but in close quarters with each other. One day, a stranger from the city arrives with alarming news...