{"product_id":"dark-rooms-paperback-3","title":"Dark Rooms - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLili Anolik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Secret History meets Sharp Objects in this stunning debut about murder and glamour set in the ambiguous and claustrophobic world of an exclusive New England prep school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath sets the plot in motion: the murder of Nica Baker, beautiful, wild, enigmatic, and only sixteen. The crime is solved, and quickly a lonely classmate, unrequited love, a suicide note confession but memory and instinct won t allow Nica s older sister, Grace, to accept the case as closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDropping out of college and living at home, working at the moneyed and progressive private high school in Hartford, Connecticut, from which she recently graduated, Grace becomes increasingly obsessed with identifying and punishing the real killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompulsively readable, Lili Anolik s debut novel combines the verbal dexterity of Marisha Pessl s Special Topic in Calamity Physics and the haunting atmospherics and hairpin plot twists of Megan Abbott s Dare Me.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDark Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e warrants an urgency that I haven't experienced since reading Nancy Drew in elementary school. It had me pining for more explanations, more dialogue, more, more, more, in a way that I don't tend to experience often as an adult. . . . Simply put, Anolik brilliantly strings us along--which is what makes her first novel so rewarding to read, and so upsetting to finish.\"--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath sets the plot in motion: the murder of Nica Baker, beautiful, wild, enigmatic, and only sixteen. The crime is solved, and fast--a lonely classmate, unrequited love, a suicide-note confession--but memory and instinct won't allow Nica's older sister Grace to accept the case as closed. Dropped out of college and living at home, working at the moneyed and progressive private high school from which she recently graduated, Grace becomes increasingly obsessed with identifying the real killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most exciting new writer I've come across in a long time, Lili Anolik gives us one hell of a first novel. \u003cem\u003eDark Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e is an elegant work of crime fiction with a plot as well drawn as the characters who inhabit it. It's a fine murder mystery as well as an exploration of loss and identity--and how through one, we sometimes grope our way to the other. . . . Think Megan Abbott meets Twin Peaks.\" \u003cem\u003e--Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of\u003cem\u003e Don't Look Back\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Suspenseful, sad and, shattering. . . . Whether or not you believe in ghosts, Anolik's debut will haunt you.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The opening sentence hooks.\"--Bret Easton Ellis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Insightful [and] complex. . . . Anolik's haunting debut is tough to put down and will stay with you for a long time. The author's characters and tone recall Donna Tartt's The Secret History.\"--\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDark Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e warrants an urgency that I haven't experienced since reading Nancy Drew in elementary school. It had me pining for more explanations, more dialogue, more, more, more, in a way that I don't tend to experience often as an adult. . . . Simply put, Anolik brilliantly strings us along--which is what makes her first novel so rewarding to read, and so upsetting to finish.\"--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath sets the plot in motion: the murder of Nica Baker, beautiful, wild, enigmatic, and only sixteen. The crime is solved, and fast--a lonely classmate, unrequited love, a suicide-note confession--but memory and instinct won't allow Nica's older sister Grace to accept the case as closed. Dropped out of college and living at home, working at the moneyed and progressive private high school from which she recently graduated, Grace becomes increasingly obsessed with identifying the real killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most exciting new writer I've come across in a long time, Lili Anolik gives us one hell of a first novel. \u003cem\u003eDark Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e is an elegant work of crime fiction with a plot as well drawn as the characters who inhabit it. It's a fine murder mystery as well as an exploration of loss and identity--and how through one, we sometimes grope our way to the other. . . . Think Megan Abbott meets Twin Peaks.\" \u003cem\u003e--Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of\u003cem\u003e Don't Look Back\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Suspenseful, sad and, shattering. . . . Whether or not you believe in ghosts, Anolik's debut will haunt you.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The opening sentence hooks.\"--Bret Easton Ellis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Insightful [and] complex. . . . Anolik's haunting debut is tough to put down and will stay with you for a long time. The author's characters and tone recall Donna Tartt's The Secret History.\"--\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47260535193849,"sku":"9780062345875","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZOLf2HDQZZ9780062345875.webp?v=1768785691","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dark-rooms-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}