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Nemesis
Nov 12, 2024 3:01 PM

Author:Misha Glenny

Nemesis

'Breaking Bad meets City of God' Roberto Saviano, author of Gomorrah

HUSBAND.

This is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and Brazil’s most notorious criminal.

FATHER.

A man who tried to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution, while everyone around him drew guns and partied.

DRUG LORD.

It’s a story of gold-hunters and evangelical pastors, bent police and rich-kid addicts, politicians and drug lords and the battle for the beautiful but damned city of Rio.

MOST WANTED CRIMINAL.

Reviews

Breaking Bad meets City of God

—— Roberto Saviano

fascinating dive into Brazil’s terrifying underworld, where the stakes are all or nothing...Nemesis reads like a fast-paced thriller

—— James Hider , The Times

A fast-paced crime story that paints a vivid picture of life in the sprawling favelas

—— Joe Leahy , Financial Times

A thrillingly vivid picture of another Rio… [Nemesis] confirms Glenny’s status as one of the most daring and original true-crime writers of today... A rich and riveting book

—— Francis Wheen , Mail on Sunday

Glenny doesn’t just write books; he lives them

—— John Kampfner , Guardian

gripping narrative of cocaine and slaughter

—— Andreas Campomar , Spectator

A magnificent work of reportage by turns raw and courageous

—— Ian Thomson , Evening Standard

A dynastic 50-year Shakespearean sweep of organised crime that manages to be both intimate and alarming

—— John Kampfner , Observer

Misha Glenny, an award-wining investigative journalist and expert on organised crime, has turned his attention to the drugs, violence and poverty that thrive in Rocinha, Rio’s most infamous favela

—— Andreas Campomar , Spectator

Glenny’s book is fast paced and journalistic.

—— Bryan McCann , Times Literary Supplement

Nemesis is revelatory.

—— Tony Allen-Mills , Sunday Times

A taut and thrilling narrative…his hands-on research is exemplary… Nemesis is a triumph: the violent, kinetic City of God brought up-to-date on the page.

—— Alan Bett , Skinny

A gripping picture of an ordinary man driven to fateful choices.

—— Simon Shaw , Mail on Sunday

Poetic, tender and full of wry humour. A delight

—— Sunday Mirror

Tender dissection of a certain sort of English middle-class life is magnificently done: half celebration, half elegy.

—— Phil Baker , Sunday Times

Tessa Hadley has an exquisite eye for detail.

—— Joanne Finney , Good Housekeeping

Full of wonders

—— Observer

A brilliant British take on two generations of family inhabiting the same house.

—— Tim Martin , Daily Telegraph

An astute and finely written novel

—— Stylist

Exquisite… For anyone who cherishes Anne Tyler and Alice Munro, the book offers similar deep pleasures. Hadley crystallizes the atmosphere of ordinary life in prose somehow miraculous and natural.... Extraordinary

—— Washington Post

An extremely affecting novel of cumulative richness, yet there is nothing ponderous about Hadley’s sparkling and sensuous prose: she captures the comedy of family life brilliantly.

—— Stephanie Cross , Lady

No one writes family like Hadley

—— Vogue

A classy, observant page turner.

—— Woman and Home

Sharply delicate.

—— Cathy Rentzenbrink , Stylist

Tender and well-made and poignant, it is a gentle delight.

—— Cressida Connolly , Oldie

Masterly yet understated fiction.

—— Lucy Scholes , Independent

Time and again, the sheer truthfulness of Hadley’s writing blows me away. In the last section, the beauty of the structure unfurls like a peacock’s tail.

—— Saga Magazine

Subtle and beautifully written.

—— Peter Parker , Spectator

Probably the best novel of the year.

—— Philip Hensher , Spectator

Draws sibling love and rivalries with as much gentle satire as poignancy.

—— Arifa Akbar , Independent

No one delineates familial bad behaviour the way [Hadley] does.

—— Rachel Cooke , Observer

Tessa Hadley has the natural bent of a short-story writer, given to careful description and the kind of feinted closure that pushes uncomfortably past happily ever after.

—— Radhika Jones , Time Magazine

Hadley is so insightful, such a lovely writer, that she pulls you right into the tangle of wires that connect and trip up the stressed siblings.

—— People Magazine

Her best so far

—— Evening Standard

Hadley is expert at conveying emotion... The way she draws each character is so good the book feels like a huge achievement. Her best so far.

—— Evening Standard

Hadley, who won the Hawthornden prize this month for The Past, is literary fiction’s best kept secret. Don’t let her fellow novelists keep her for themselves.

—— Alex O'Connell , The Times

[The Past is] magnificently done: half celebration, half elegy.

—— Phil Baker , Sunday Times

There are hints of Larkin in her tender descriptions of landscape and imaginative responses to the ineffable… All her books are wonderful.

—— Anthony Quinn , Guardian

This is a hugely enjoyable and keenly intelligent novel, brimming with the vitality of unruly desire.

—— Sunday Telegraph

Warmly entertaining

—— i

A bittersweet comedy with some stinging contemporary resonance… Acutely observed and quirkily humorous… light but intelligent.

—— Juanita Coulson , Lady

With Tyler’s typical warmth and humour, and her knack for creating endearingly quirky characters, the result is believable, moving and entertaining.

—— The Lady

This is a stand-out debut from a hugely accomplished 26-year-old author. It’s beautifully written, completely gripping and perfectly catches a girl on the cusp of adulthood.

—— Bookseller

Beautiful, heady language and under-the-skin storytelling.

—— Kerry Fowler , Sainsbury's Magazine

A good shot at becoming the must-read novel of the summer.

—— Alexandra Allter , Miami Herald

Illuminates the darker side of infatuation under the glare of the Californian sun.

—— Cathy Rentzenbrink , Stylist

Vivid, exacting portrait of a vulnerable young girl coming of age.

—— Fanny Blake , Woman & Home

Gripping read.

—— Good Housekeeping

The strength of The Girls lies in Cline’s ability to evoke both the textures and atmosphere of those painful in-between times… [Cline] is a powerful interpreter of ambiguous emotional vectors, and the catastrophic directions in which they can lead.

—— Alex Clark , Observer

Cline’s real achievement is not so much the dread-filled journey to the book’s harrowing climax, however, but her vividly drawn central character and how she stumbles from invisible, impressionable bystander to unwitting accomplice… Cline is excellent at capturing the complex negotiations and compromises of girlhood… The Girls is a horror story for our times, a gripping and richly poetic account… Its ambition and reach are immense.

—— Gary Kaill , Skinny

Vividly reimagines 1960s California… Cline’s portrait of teenage girl-dom is note perfect.

—— Hannah Shaddock , Radio Times

Dubbed fiction’s most exciting new voice… This page-turner is a powerful insight into the culture of gang mentality… The read of the summer.

—— Irish Tatler

Notable for its finely wrought prose, its piercing insight into the teen mind and the gorgeous way it relates terrible things. Read it before the movie is cast…and enjoy Evie for the wonderfully written creation she is’

—— I

Gets off to a quietly thrilling start… Her sentences are often strong and lovely, indicative of voice rather than merely of style.

—— Dwight Garner , New York Times

Mesmerising novel… Impressive book’

—— Charlotte Heathcote , Daily Express

First the heady language and sensuous descriptions will hook you, then the extraordinary story of free love, intoxication and violence… Remarkable debut… The Girls brims with intrigue… It’s the intimacy and intricacy of Cline’s prose and her sharp sense of humanity that makes the book shimmer with life… The Girls is a spectacular story.

—— Culture Whisper

Sun-scorched coming of age chiller… Brutally convincing.

—— Anthony Cummins , Metro

If you’re only going to pack one book next to your swimming trunks this year, this is the one to go for… [Emma Cline] Has hit a home run with her first swing.

—— Joshua Burt , Independent

It’s disturbing…but you keep reading.

—— Stellar

Wonderfully readable, and acutely observed, this is that rare thing: a beach novel of real substance.

—— Dan Brotzel , UK Press Syndication

The big holiday read of summer. Find a sunlounger and get started.

—— Sunday Times

Subtly provoking novel… The strength of The Girls lies in Cline’s ability to evoke both the textures and atmosphere of those painful in-between times; the desperate rush to fill an emotional vacuum… Cline has a talent for capturing that uncanniness, the fault lines in our sense of our stability… she is a powerful interpreter of ambiguous emotional vectors, and the catastrophic directions in which they can lead.

—— Alex Clark , Guardian

Thrilling… Gritty, shocking and ever so readable; more than living up to the hype that greeted its initial sale.

—— Running in Heels

Wonderfully readable, finely written and acutely observed.

—— Dan Brotzel , Irish News

One of the pleasures…is its immediacy… The book is a trancelike accumulation of intense adolescent feelings and myopic impressions… The setting is rendered both vividly and delicately… [A] Slender, absorbing book.

—— Lidija Haas , Daily Telegraph

If you're only going to pack one book this year, make it this one.

—— I

This chilling story of fractured innocence is beautifully written in wonderfully descriptive, sometimes dream-like prose. A stunningly powerful, spellbinding cautionary tale.

—— Deirdre O''Brien , Sunday Mirror

Both in person and on the page Cline is wise beyond her years. I read the book with a biro underlining phrases that I wish I could write. I am no longer jealous, I am just in awe.

—— Marlanne Power , Irish Independent

'I really enjoyed it... A compelling coming-of-age story... Cline focuses not on the murders themselves, but on the landscape of adolescence, accurately portraying the boredom and lassitude, the yearning and insecurities of that awkward transitional stage... Stunningly written, in fresh, youthful prose, expect to see The Girls on deckchairs, beach towels and best-seller lists over the coming months

—— Justine Carbery , Irish Independent

Unnervingly perceptive … Part murderous thriller, part meditation on the vulnerability of teenage girls, it’s an exquisite, insightful and chilling read.

—— Alexandra Heminsley , Pool

Unexpected and brilliant debut novel.

—— Yaa Gyasi , I-D Vice

An intense evocation of adolescence…absorbing debut novel.

—— Lidija Haas , Telegraph

As gripping as a thriller, it’s a powerful exploration of hero worship of all kinds, and the shapes into which girls force themselves as they attempt to grow up.

—— Anna Carey , Irish Times

This year's Miniaturist

—— Sam Baker , Pool

A fantastic writer, her intelligence is extraordinary

—— Linda Grant , Radio 4

Gripping novel… Cline’s debut is a real page-turner.

—— Olivia-Anne Cleary , Reveal

It is the language which elevates the novel to brilliance… Cline takes ordinary words and fits them together in patterns that shouldn’t work but…bring[s] a vibrancy to her prose that captivates.

—— Mature Times

Not the cheeriest summer read of the year, but it is one of the most powerful… Cline masterfully uses the sultriness of the season to explore the complex negotiations of girlhood.

—— Skinny

Highly charged literary debut… Visceral, seductive and delicately seething, Cline articulates the labyrinth anxieties of adolescence and the importance of belonging with a personal, finely tuned prose and a restrained, drip-feed pace that belies her age.

—— Natalie Rigg , Another

A dark, erotically charged story of seduction, coercion and abuse emerges that has deliberate echoes of the Manson Family massacres in 1969… Cline brilliantly conveys the predatory cultural and sexual forces to which teenage girls are so often vulnerable. And her prose is completely to die for.

—— Metro

The Girls stands apart from other treatments of Manson.

—— Scotland on Sunday

Gripping, and highly impressive.

—— Stephanie Cross , Lady

Sumptuous prose… Believe the hype: she’s one to watch.

—— The Big Issue

The narrative is layered and complex, as even the young Evie seems to be an astute observer of human nature, who does not gloss over the less glamorous details, even in those she loves and admires. Throughout the novel, the fragility of the relationships are laid bare… [An] Immersive experience, both for the reader, and a narrator looking to reclaim some of her most vivid memories.

—— Conor O'Donovan , Headstuff

A gripping read.

—— Joannae Finney , Good Housekeeping

Cline brilliantly captures the precise, sultry prose the vulnerable and highly-charged sensibility of adolescence in a hotly-tipped debut inspired by the Manson Family massacre that – for once – justifies the hype.

—— Claire Allfree , Daily Mail

Eloquent, coming-of-age debut… I was quite sure it could never live up to the hype. How wrong I was… Well-crafted prose… This is a perceptive, insightful and beautifully written book on the often harsh realities of the formative teenage years and a telling truth of what some will do to belong and feel loved. It is a must-read.

—— Jennifer McShane , Image

It unsettles and disturbs in unpredictable ways. Above all, Cline is excellent on the female coffee table book adolescent psyche and the ways in which girlhood is so often an act performed for the opposite sex… The end result is gripping, and highly impressive.

—— Stephanie Cross , Lady

An intense evocation of adolescence…set to be the breakout book of summer. Every page throbs with the threat of violence.

—— Daily Telegraph

The writing is lush and surprising.

—— Marisa Meltzer , Vogue

[It is] shockingly assured for a first novel.

—— Mark Haddon , Guardian

Already I’m hooked… The writing style…is totally engaging – shrewd and observant but with a certain softness. I’ll report back when I’ve finished, but I think this will be a great summer read.

—— Ruth Crilly , A Model Recommends

The Girls is compulsively readable… A strikingly accomplished debut. Evie’s voice shimmers with vivid metaphorical language… There are some truly breathtaking passages — lush and lapidary and full of startling imagery… A fierce challenge to our received notion of the 1960s as an era of peace signs, protest marches and free love, and [this] adds a note of profundity to this highly impressive first novel.

—— Alex Preston , Financial Times

Emma Cline's The Girls is so brilliant.

—— Hadley Freeman , Guardian Weekly

A compelling novel… [A] nuanced and deeply drawn character study of teenage ennui and anger… In luminous prose, the novel maps Evie’s obsessive psyche… A compelling and startling new work of fiction. Ms. Cline brilliantly shows how far adolescent loneliness can push a girl in her desire to be loved.

—— The Economist

[A] steamy hit.

—— Metro

[It] is so brilliant… The only thing more perfect about this book than Cline’s woozily dreamy prose is her timing.

—— Hadley Freeman , Guardian

The Summer read for you... Cline’s gorgeous novel is both stunning and shocking. We dare you not to devour in one sitting

—— Amie-Jo Locke , In-Style

[A] literary page-turner.

—— Claire Coughlan , Irish Independent

A startlingly intense, brilliant and brooding debut novel….written with luminous foreboding lyricism.

—— Simon Sebag Montefiore , Evening Standard, Book of the Year

[It is] intelligent and thoughtful.

—— Mumsnet

Cline’s portrayal of the fragile teen years and the power they have in shaping the woman you become will resonate with everyone.

—— Sarah Holmes , Woman's Weekly

Cline’s language…is splendid at conjuring pictures.

—— Kathy Watson , Tablet

Cline - from California, where the novel is set, has crafted a distinct poetic timbre that devises similes galore to augment the imagery and the protagonist’s insight… Inspired, I look forward to reading more from this highly talented author. I will indeed re-Cline.

—— Kettle

Cline’s structure…allows her to apply her acute observations about girlhood to today’s world.

—— Isobel Thompson , Times Literary Supplement

The summer’s standout debut… A tense, febrile imagining… The Girls is a subtle, restrained and beautifully textured telling of one of pop culture history’s most luridly hideous moments, with a heightened, dreamlike quality that tips irrevocably into nightmare.

—— Writing Magazine

I read this in a single sitting a few months back, and it remains my favourite read of 2016. The writing is so beautiful; the sentences perfectly formed, cumulated in a plot that slowly draws you in… Eloquent, perceptive and insightful, you won’t be able to put this one down.

—— Image

This book was sublime. I read it as the last of the sunshine faded into autumn and I felt transported into 1969 California.

—— Max and Mummy

[A] clever debut novel… Gripping.

—— Jan Moir , Daily Mail, Book of the Year

Undeniably the dazzling fiction debut of the year, this brilliant American novel is a vivid evocation of California in 1969… It is the author’s luminous prose style that excels. Exhilarating.

—— Tatler, Book of the Year

A spellbinding, supremely evocative coming-of-age story

—— Deborah Ross , The Times, Book of the Year

[A] compulsively readable debut [which] is a vivid examination of adolescence.

—— Rebecca Rose , Financial Times, Book of the Year

A fluent, engrossing debut novel.

—— A Little Bird, Book of the Year

The Californian setting is intoxicating, as laced with sunlight as filth, and its insight into the teenage girl’s mind is extraordinary.

—— Alexandra Heminsley , Pool, Book of the Year

A book of glistening prose.

—— RTE Guide, Book of the Year

Believe the hype; it is simply brilliant.

—— Jennifer McShane , Image Magazine, Book of the Year

A shimmering tale of adolescence and sexual awakening written in prose that aptly feels almost hallucinatory

—— Claire Allfree , Metro, Book of the Year

A haunting and gripping read.

—— Irish Country Magazine, Book of the Year

Highly recommended if you’re in need of a good read.

—— Jennifer Selway , Daily Express

Both shocking and subtle, its real power lies in the exploration of girlhood itself.

—— Kate Hamer , Big Issue

Brilliantly done… The year is 1969. Evie notices a group of scavenging girls – they belong to a nearby cult. And this cult is horrific. Think of the Manson family… A seriously excellent debut novel.

—— William Leith , Evening Standard

As Lena Dunham says, it'll both break your heart and blow your mind.

—— Hannah Dunn , Red Online

Through the story of the Manson family and their brutal crimes, Cline explores the intensity and loneliness of female adolescence with an impressive mastery of language.

—— Alexander Newson , Upcoming

A superb, chilling novel of doom-laden adolescence.

—— Simon Sebag , Week

A thrilling, savage exploration of how a teenager gets sucked into a cult led by a Charles Manson figure.

—— Allison Pearson , Sunday Telegraph

The writing is so beautiful; the sentences perfectly formed, cumulated in a plot that slowly draws you in… Eloquent, perceptive and insightful, you won’t be able to put this one down.

—— Jennifer McShane , Image

Few books have such a dramatic effect on me but Emma Cline’s stirring debut The Girls is one I’ve never managed to get out of my head… This is a perceptive, insightful and beautifully written book on the often harsh realities of the formative teenage years and a telling truth of what some will do to belong and feel loved. It is a must-read and one that is more than worth sitting down with a second or third time.

—— Jennifer McShane , Image

The novel has a number of things going for it, from Cline's gorgeous prose to her knack for plot and timing, to her way of presenting Evie's electric, often jolting moments of self-recognition. But the aspect of The Girls that captivated me the most was how Cline channels that particular period in a girl's life when she is consumed with the need to be seen, to be known—by her mother, by slightly older girls, and most often, by men.

—— Jennifer Schaffer , Vice

Thanks to Cline’s lyrical prose, which is at once as clear as the Californian skies of the novel’s setting and as evocative as a sunshine drenched Polaroid picture, The Girls perfectly captures the twilight years of the hippie era, where the rot of its seedy drug-fuelled underbelly shattered the dream of peace and love and culminated in a gruesome massacre that shocked the world.

—— Dean Muscat , Nudge

The Girls exemplifies the uncomfortably thin line between healthy and unhealthy relationships

—— Emily Watkins , i
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