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'The Sleepwalkers' is a modern-day gothic horror

Aug 24, 2024 | outinperth.com | Scarlett Thomas

The Sleepwalkersby Scarlett ThomasScribnerEvelyn and Richard escape from the chaos of their wedding to a Greek Island but, because Richard’s mother’s gift of a honeymoon suite at an expensive villa on the island is not until the following week, they book into a cheaper place near the beach. - Advertisement -It is the end of September and nearing the end of the holiday season, before the island is wracked with storms and the beach disappears.
Vacation Mode: On the Literary Relationship Between Travel and Madness

Jul 24, 2024 | lithub.com | Jonny Diamond |Scarlett Thomas

In the opening scene of season two of The White Lotus, the camera perches above the Sicilian coastline. Rows of blue and white umbrellas are placed exactly the same distance apart. We see Daphne, a lithe blonde woman in a printed one-piece bathing suit. An Aperol spritz sits on her side table. A Louis Vuitton purse rests on the chair next to her. Daphne is beautiful, apparently wealthy, seemingly privileged in countless other ways, and happy.
The 20 best new crime thrillers to read this summer

May 24, 2024 | vnexplorer.net | Harlan Coben |Richard Coles |Scarlett Thomas |Abir Mukherjee

Richard Coles, Harlan Coben and Scarlett Thomas are all publishing new novels - DT/Ed ThompsonThink Twice &starf;&starf;&starf;&starf;&star;by Harlan CobenCentury, £22After a "break" - in which he has produced several other novels and collaborated with Netflix, for whom he has a staggering 14 projects ongoing - Coben returns to his most popular character, sports agent Myron Bolitar.
The 20 best new crime thrillers to read this summer

May 21, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Harlan Coben |Richard Coles |Scarlett Thomas |Abir Mukherjee

Richard Coles, Harlan Coben and Scarlett Thomas are all publishing new novels Credit: DT/Ed Thompson Think Twice ★★★★☆ by Harlan Coben Century, £22 After a “break” – in which he has produced several other novels and collaborated with Netflix, for whom he has a staggering 14 projects ongoing – Coben returns to his most popular character, sports agent Myron Bolitar. In this, the 12th novel in the series, Mylar faces a couple of FBI agents who’re keen to speak to his client Greg Downing on...
BOOK REVIEW: Twisted 'The Sleepwalkers' offers a 'White Lotus' honeymoon, complete with drowning

Apr 20, 2024 | timesdaily.com | Maren Longbella |Scarlett Thomas

The SleepwalkersBy: Scarlett Thomas. Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 289 pages, $27.99. ---"The Sleepwalkers" should come with a surgeon general's warning. Not because there's smoking in Scarlett Thomas' latest (there is), but because it's such dark, twisted, pervy fun that it might dent the psyche.
Review: Twisted ‘The Sleepwalkers’ offers a ‘White Lotus’ honeymoon, complete with drowning

Apr 10, 2024 | sacbee.com | Scarlett Thomas

"The Sleepwalkers" should come with a surgeon general's warning. Not because there's smoking in Scarlett Thomas' latest (there is), but because it's such dark, twisted, pervy fun that it might dent the psyche.
The Sleepwalkers: A Novel

Apr 9, 2024 | nyjournalofbooks.com | Scarlett Thomas

The Sleepwalkers seems to have a lot going for it. The main characters are young, beautiful, wealthy, and on their honeymoon. The setting is an expensive hotel on a remarkable Greek island, and the advance publicity is not shy about comparing this novel to The White Lotus, the iconic television series that is wildly popular. Throw in a murder, as The White Lotus always does, cross your fingers, and just maybe you have a bestseller on your hands. Except . . .
Book Review: ‘The Sleepwalkers,’ by Scarlett Thomas

Apr 6, 2024 | entertainment-mag.com | Scarlett Thomas

So is this a ghost story, or a time loop, or a memory play? For Thomas, nothing seems to be off the table. She shifts between erotic thrills, gothic drama, postmodern deconstruction and kitchen-sink realism. Through her bold storytelling, “The Sleepwalkers” becomes a work of peculiar, gonzo genius. The story is told through letters, notes, guest book pages and other documents. We encounter 17 audacious pages of an uncorrected, almost illegible audio transcript.
When a Couple's Paradise Honeymoon Became a Gothic Mystery

Apr 6, 2024 | nytimes.com | Scarlett Thomas

What to Read Find Your Next Book Spring Preview: Fiction Spring Nonfiction Preview April Releases 22 Funny Novels What to Read Find Your Next Book Spring Preview: Fiction Spring Nonfiction Preview April Releases 22 Funny Novels Scarlett Thomas's latest novel, "The Sleepwalkers," recounts the tale of a couple's disastrous getaway, told through letters, transcripts and more.
A couple's Greek honeymoon takes a 'White Lotus' turn for the deadly in 'The Sleepwalkers'

Apr 3, 2024 | startribune.com | Scarlett Thomas

"The Sleepwalkers" should come with a surgeon general's warning. Not because there's smoking in Scarlett Thomas' latest (there is), but because it's such dark, twisted, pervy fun that it might dent the psyche.