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Author: Alexis Schaitkin
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Picador
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 19.70cm
Weight: 0.255kg
ISBN: 9781529014280
ISBN 10: 152901428
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 27 May 2021
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
Engrossing -- <i>Vogue</i> US, 'The 22 Best Books To Read This Winter' Saint X is captivating right from the jump. * Entertainment Weekly * Saint X is more than the story of a missing girl. It's a story about why such stories fascinate us . . . [It] also unpacks timely social and cultural issues - about grief, truth, white privilege and our murder-as-entertainment culture. * Washington Post * Here is a marvel of a book, a kaleidoscopic examination of race and privilege, family and self, told with the propulsive, kinetic focus of a crime thriller. Brilliant and unflinching, Saint X marks the debut of a stunningly gifted writer. I simply couldn't stop reading. -- Chang-Rae Lee Richly atmospheric, by turns coolly satiric and warmly romantic, Alexis Schaitkin's brilliant debut novel Saint X imagines a chorus of voices in the aftermath of the alleged rape/murder of a privileged American girl vacationing in an exotic Caribbean country. Part 'true-crime' thriller and part coming-of-age novel narrated by the deceased girl's younger sister, Saint X is irresistibly suspenseful and canny. -- Joyce Carol Oates Saint X is hypnotic, delivering acute social commentary on everything from class and race to familial bonds and community, and yet its weblike nature never confuses, or fails to captivate. Schaitkin's characters have views you may not always agree with, but their voices are so intelligent and distinctive it feels not just easy, but necessary, to follow them. I devoured Saint X in a day. -- Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of <i>My Sister, The Serial Killer</i> * New York Times *
Author Information
Author Website: https://www.alexisschaitkin.com/
Alexis Schaitkin's short stories and essays have appeared in many literary journals and newspapers. Her fiction has been anthologized in The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and her essays have been notable mentions in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Writing. She received her MFA in fiction from the University of Virginia, where she was a Henry Hoyns Fellow. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts with her husband and son.
