Looker : a novel
An unraveling woman, unhappily childless and recently separated, becomes fixated on her neighbor--the beautiful, famous actress. The unnamed narrator can't help noticing with wry irony that, though she and the actress live just a few doors apart, they are separated by a chasm of professional success and personal fulfillment. When an interaction with the actress at the annual block party takes a disastrous turn, what began as an innocent preoccupation spirals quickly, and lethally, into a frightening and irretrievable madness.
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Jealousy > Fiction. Actresses > Fiction. |
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Psychological fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
- ISBN: 9781501199110
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182 pages ; 22 cm - Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.
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Looker : A Novel
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Looker : A Novel
*Featured on Best of Lists in Vogue , People , Entertainment Weekly , Real Simple , Southern Living , and more* In this "wicked slow burn" ( Entertainment Weekly ) of psychological suspense from the author of How Can I Help You , a woman becomes fixated on her neighbor--the actress. Though the two women live just a few doors apart, a chasm lies between them. The actress, a celebrity with a charmed career, shares a gleaming brownstone with her handsome husband and three adorable children, while the recently separated narrator, unhappily childless and stuck in a dead-end job, lives in a run-down, three-story walk-up with her ex-husband's cat. As her fascination with her famous neighbor grows, the narrator's hold on reality begins to slip. Before long, she's collecting cast-off items from the actress's stoop and fantasizing about sleeping with the actress's husband. After a disastrous interaction with the actress at the annual block party, what began as an innocent preoccupation turns into a stunning--and irrevocable--unraveling. A riveting portrait of obsession, Looker is "a sugarcoated poison pill of psychological terror" ( The Wall Street Journal ) and an immersive and darkly entertaining read--"by the end you'll be gasping" ( People ).