Justine by Alice Thompson

Justine by Alice Thompson

Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize Justine is a painting, a doppelgänger and a woman of beguiling beauty. Set in contemporary London, Justine is a story of a man’s obsession with a woman – or is it two women? For Justine has a twin sister Juliette, and as the story unfolds, the opium-dazed narrator becomes increasingly unsure as to the identity of the woman he desires.

A lush, erotic teasing mystery

* The Bookseller *

Angela Carter crossed with the Scottish diffidence of Muriel Spark and Emma Tennant … a faultless performance of a first novel.

* The Scotsman *

Beautifully spare, very visual writing … with its own sly, soft sympathetic elegance.

* The Observer *

And enthuse we must. This is an extraordinarily accomplished book, sharp, focused, highly intelligent.

* The Glasgow Herald *

So skilfully crafted, its atmosphere so ominous, its end so chilling.

* The Daily Telegraph *

Alice Thompson was born in Edinburgh. She is the former keyboard player of post-punk eighties band, The Woodentops. She won The James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Justine. Her second novel, Pandora’s Box, was shortlisted for The Stakis Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. Her other novels are Pharos, The Falconer, The Existential Detective, Burnt Island, The Book Collector and, most recently, Chimera. She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at Edinburgh University.

SKU	NIN9781784630317
ISBN 13	9781784630317
ISBN 10	1784630314
Title	Justine
Author	Alice Thompson
Series	Salt Modern Fiction
Condition	New
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Salt Publishing
Year published	2015-04-15
Number of pages	192
Prizes	Winner of The James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1996 (UK)
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