Like Highsmith, Tartt and Flynn, the author excels in portraying the troubled boundaries between selves through themes of obsession, stalking, and otherwise crossing the line in close relationships. “As if Donna Tartt, Gillian Flynn and Patricia Highsmith had collaborated in a screenplay to be filmed by Hitchcock”, declared Joyce Carol Oates of Mangan’s debut novel, which was reportedly bought for $1.1m it is, indeed, soon to be a major film, produced by George Clooney and starring Scarlett Johansson. Scarlett Johansson will star in the slated film version of ‘Tangerine’. Lucy, however, acts as if “she was entirely certain of who she was” and is in her element in Tangier, her excitement captured in some descriptions – albeit clichéd – of “electrifying” souks. Read more: 10 debut novels set to make a splash in 2018 Instead, she often stays holed up in her flat, trying to forget the past and worrying that she has made “a complete and utter mess” of the present. The manipulative Lucy “carefully reinserted herself” back into Alice’s life with no mention of the painful past and her part in it – but throughout, the story of the tragedy that occurred seeps through in some skilfully handed narratorial flashbacks.Īlice has not found her feet in her new life in Morocco, where she has moved with her husband John on account of his job. “As if Donna Tartt, Gillian Flynn and Patricia Highsmith had collaborated in a screenplay to be filmed by Hitchcock”, declared Joyce Carol Oates
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