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'A masterclass in suspense' PAULA HAWKINS ‘A spellbinding nightmare’ FERNANDA MELCHOR ‘A book of intense power’ PHILIPPE SANDS The shockingly compulsive new novel from the International Booker-shortlisted author of The Remainder. Clean begins with an inescapable fact: a girl has died. Told by Estela, a maid to a wealthy, middle class family who speaks to us from a locked room, we hear of her plight and the circumstances that led to this moment. As we enter into her account of her daily existence, we see how her apparently simple life begins to sour, but would that drive her to the unthinkable? Disturbing and profound, Clean explores domestic work, class and violence, against the backdrop of Chile’s changing political landscape. This is one of the most daring and compelling thrillers in international literature. 'Disturbing and commanding' LALINE PAULL, author of Pod 'Terrifying, explosive and exhilarating' KATIE KITAMURA, author of Intimacies ‘Beautifully written and profound’ LUCIE WHITEHOUSE, author of Last Witness

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Praise for Clean ‘What a spellbinding nightmare Alia Trabucco Zerán has written. A biting, addictive portrait of the rot ‘good families’ conceal’ Fernanda Melchor, author of Hurricane Season ‘Clean is the best book of the year. It is the novel of a vital and truly extraordinary writer’ La Tercera ‘One of the most powerful voices of current Chilean literature’ El Mundo ‘Overwhelming … tragic and essential’ El Mundo ‘Those who read Clean are met with life looking straight at them, stripped of any mask and without the option to look the other way’ El Diario Praise for The Remainder ‘The Remainder is a lyrical evocation of Chile's lost generation, trying ever more desperately to escape their parents' political shadow’ Man Booker International Judges ‘Deeply compelling’ Guardian ‘Truly stunning, full of deft turns of phrase’ Los Angeles Times ‘The second-generation trauma narrative … gets a Chilean spin … Faulknerian in themes, structure, and style’ Vulture

‘What a spellbinding nightmare Alia Trabucco Zerán has written. A biting, addictive portrait of the rot ‘good families’ conceal’ Fernanda Melchor, author of Hurricane Season ‘Compelling, claustrophobic and irresistible, Clean is both a masterclass in suspense and a clear-eyed portrait of isolation and grief. Extraordinary’ Paula Hawkins, author of Blind Spot ‘Grippingly original, a book of intense power’ Philippe Sands, author of The Last Colony ‘Clean is the best book of the year. It is the novel of a vital and truly extraordinary writer’ La Tercera 'Told in the disturbing and commanding voice of a domestic maid, this gripping intimate story savages the status quo to demand a kinder world. Highly recommended' Laline Paull, author of Pod 'Brutal, beautiful, feverishly propulsive, a novel to lose yourself in. It leaves you angry, saddened, and completely mesmerised. I will read whatever Trabucco Zerán writes next. Just stunning’ Jenny Mustard, author of Okay Days ‘One of the most powerful voices of current Chilean literature’ El Mundo ‘Overwhelming … tragic and essential’ El Mundo ‘Those who read Clean are met with life looking straight at them, stripped of any mask and without the option to look the other way’ El Diario 'Dazzling and overwhelming' Lina Meruane 'Lucid, ruthless and brutal' Federico Falco 'An amazing novel, using the monologue of a woman whose only possession is her voice' Emiliano Monge 'A novel that gives you no escape […] Acidic, intelligent, coherent and authentic' El Diario 'A story of alienation and power' ABC Cultural 'Full of powerful scenes that combine with incredible mastery explosions of language with implosions of plot and vice versa' El País 'Clean is a tense novel, and Trabucco uses that carefully concocted tension to portray the everlasting class struggle' The Objective

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Alia Trabucco Zerán was born in Chile in 1983. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for her MFA in Creative Writing at New York University and she holds a PhD in Spanish and Latin American Studies from University College London. La Resta (The Remainder), her debut novel, won the prize for Best Unpublished Literary Work awarded by the Chilean Council for the Arts in 2014, and on publication was chosen by El País as one of its top ten debuts of 2015. In 2019 The Remainder was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and translated into nine languages. Alia splits her time between Chile and the UK. She is the recipient of an Arts Council England DWCP grant and will be researching her next book in the UK in a few months.

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