Absolution
Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy.
Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy.
In the inner circle, where can you hide a secret?
In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and buried scandals, one British establishment family comes face to face with the consequences of privilege and the true cost of power.
In the inner circle, where can you hide a secret?
In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and buried scandals, one British establishment family comes face to face with the consequences of privilege and the true cost of power.
In the inner circle, where can you hide a secret?
In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and buried scandals, one British establishment family comes face to face with the consequences of privilege and the true cost of power.
In the inner circle, where can you hide a secret?
In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and buried scandals, one British establishment family comes face to face with the consequences of privilege and the true cost of power.
‘Impressive and unsettling’NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
‘Eerie, shocking, provoking’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘Rich in suspense, diabolical secrets and psychological insight’ECONOMIST
‘Engrossing even as it horrifies’ BIG ISSUE
‘Inescapably abhorrent yet enthralling … Oates understands, as always, how to keep us on the hook’LOS ANGELES TIMES
‘Impressive and unsettling’NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
‘Eerie, shocking, provoking’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘Rich in suspense, diabolical secrets and psychological insight’ECONOMIST
‘Engrossing even as it horrifies’ BIG ISSUE
‘Inescapably abhorrent yet enthralling … Oates understands, as always, how to keep us on the hook’LOS ANGELES TIMES
‘Impressive and unsettling’NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
‘Eerie, shocking, provoking’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘Rich in suspense, diabolical secrets and psychological insight’ECONOMIST
‘Engrossing even as it horrifies’ BIG ISSUE
‘Inescapably abhorrent yet enthralling … Oates understands, as always, how to keep us on the hook’LOS ANGELES TIMES
A spellbinding novel of literary and psychological suspenseabout the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school—by the legendary author ‘who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers’ (New York Times Magazine)
A spellbinding novel of literary and psychological suspenseabout the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school—by the legendary author ‘who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers’ (New York Times Magazine)
‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘Gripping … Bravura storytelling’ VOGUE
‘A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘Gripping … Bravura storytelling’ VOGUE
‘A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘Gripping … Bravura storytelling’ VOGUE
‘A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare’ FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘Gripping … Bravura storytelling’ VOGUE
‘A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare’ FINANCIAL TIMES
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SENSATION
WINNER OF WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2025
A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK
A beautifully designed edition of number-one New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett’s prized classic, annotated and with an introductionby the author herself.
‘A book that works both as a paean to art and beauty and a subtly sly comedy of manners’New York Times