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Outside Valentine
Outside Valentine
Nov 24, 2025 3:20 AM

Author:Liza Ward

Outside Valentine

In 1958, as the snow fell across Nebraska, 19-year-old Charlie Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann, climbed into a stolen car and blazed into history with a string of bloody murders that stunned America. But why, over thirty years later, does Lowell, a Manhattan antiques collector, still dream of what happened? And who is Puggy, the young girl obsessed by the murders? And then there's Caril Ann's version of the story - from the day she first met Charlie to the end of their rampage on a farm outside the town of Valentine.

Disturbing and intense, Outside Valentine is a story of devastating losses and the transforming power of love.

Reviews

Compelling... captivating. A must-read

—— I-D

A haunting and striking account of the imagined inner lives of real people caught up in terrible events

—— Daily Mail

Impeccably drawn...astonishingly poetic yet palpable prose

—— Elle

Well-written and chilling

—— Uncut

The handsome bindings are only the cherry on top of what is already a cake without compare

—— Evening Standard

A handsome, collectable hardback edition

—— Lynne Truss, The Times

In its evocation of place, or, more exactly, of places in time, the book is masterful

—— Geoff Dyer , The Guardian

Beautifully written... darkly comic

—— David Lodge
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