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Feb 28, 2008 | ISBN 9781101202739
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Praise
“A precise and terrifying debut novel.”
–The New York Times Book Review
“Dovey’s surgical prose and cool apprehension of the machinations of ambition and lust make her a writer to watch.”
–O, The Oprah Magazine
“Taut and remarkably self-assured first novel . . . there’s a knowing sensuality to the novel’s sparsely lyric passages.”
–Los Angeles Times
Awards
Dylan Thomas Prize WINNER
Sunday Times Fiction Prize WINNER
University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing WINNER
Australia-Asia Literary Award LONGLIST
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