Description
At the high-octane Iowa Writers' Workshop, small-town Charlotte is thrilled and confounded by her relationship with charismatic and sophisticated Esme: One moment, Esme appears to be Charlotte's most intimate friend; the next, her rival. After a tumultuous weekend, Charlotte's insecurities and her resentment toward Esme reach a fever pitch. Blindly, Charlotte strikes out--in an act of betrayal that ultimately unleashes a cascade of calamities on her own head. Twenty years later, Charlotte is a successful novelist. A much-changed Esme appears, bringing the past that Charlotte grieved over, and believed buried, to the doorstep of Charlotte and her beloved husband. Charlotte finds herself both frightened and charmed. Though she yearns to redeem the old friendship and her transgression, she is wary--and rightly so. As Good As Dead performs an exquisitely tuned psychological high-wire act as it explores the dangers that lie in wait when trust is poisoned by secrets and fears.
From the acclaimed author of The Blue Hour and Carter Clay comes a dark, suspenseful story of unspoken rivalries, betrayals, and lives twisted by secrets.
About the Author
Elizabeth Evans's five previous books include The Blue Hour, Suicide's Girlfriend and Carter Clay. She received the Iowa Author Award in 2010. Among her other awards are a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, the James Michener Fellowship, the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Writers Award, and the Four Corners Award. She is a professor in the creative writing program at the University of Arizona. She lives in Tucson.
Reviews
Small-town Charlotte learns the true cost of betraying a turbulent friendship in this compelling psychological thriller * Marie Claire *
Carter Clay is thrilling in its enormous ambition and intelligence. Elizabeth Evans is a fearless writer. After reading this novel, I'm convinced that there's nothing that she can't do * Ann Patchett *
Her authority is brilliant and absolute, and her amazing tales are a great gift to any reader * Robb Forman Dew *
Very much a Great American Novel * Washington Post Book World on The Blue Hour *
One of the best books of the year * Los Angeles Times Book Review on Carter Clay *
Book Information
ISBN 9781408863589
Author Elizabeth Evans
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Bloomsbury Circus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 400g
From the acclaimed author of The Blue Hour and Carter Clay comes a dark, suspenseful story of unspoken rivalries, betrayals, and lives twisted by secrets.
About the Author
Elizabeth Evans's five previous books include The Blue Hour, Suicide's Girlfriend and Carter Clay. She received the Iowa Author Award in 2010. Among her other awards are a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, the James Michener Fellowship, the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Writers Award, and the Four Corners Award. She is a professor in the creative writing program at the University of Arizona. She lives in Tucson.
Reviews
Small-town Charlotte learns the true cost of betraying a turbulent friendship in this compelling psychological thriller * Marie Claire *
Carter Clay is thrilling in its enormous ambition and intelligence. Elizabeth Evans is a fearless writer. After reading this novel, I'm convinced that there's nothing that she can't do * Ann Patchett *
Her authority is brilliant and absolute, and her amazing tales are a great gift to any reader * Robb Forman Dew *
Very much a Great American Novel * Washington Post Book World on The Blue Hour *
One of the best books of the year * Los Angeles Times Book Review on Carter Clay *
Book Information
ISBN 9781408863589
Author Elizabeth Evans
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Bloomsbury Circus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 400g
