VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIESSpine-tingling mind-altering and deliciously
atmospheric journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny
classics.*SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE***FROM THE AUTHOR OF TIKTOK SENSATION MY YEAR OF
REST AND RELAXATION**Trapped between caring for her alcoholic father and her job as a secretary
at the boys' prison Eileen Dunlop dreams of escaping to the big city.In the meantime her
nights and weekends are filled with shoplifting and cleaning up her increasingly deranged
father's messes.When the beautiful charismatic Rebecca Saint John arrives on the scene as the
new counsellor at the prison Eileen is enchanted unable to resist what appears to be a
miraculously budding friendship. But soon Eileen's affection for Rebecca pull her into a crime
that far surpasses even her own wild imagination.'Fully lives up to the hype. A taut
psychological thriller rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing Eileen is effortlessly
stylish and compelling' The Times*SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER AWARD*
