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We pick out the
books that are bound to be smash-hit successes this year
This month sees a new Hammer Horror novel from Melvin
Burgess called Hunger, about a teenager and a ghoul; in February
The Return of a King offers an analysis of the first Anglo-Afghan war
in 1839 from bestselling historian William Dalrymple; in March we have
Kate Atkinson's new novel Life After Life, which poses some compelling
thoughts about second chances; and in May The Raven Girl by
Audrey Niffenegger is published to coincide with the production of a ballet
based on the book. In June Terry Pratchett's The Long Earth Book 2
comes out, and autumn brings us the third Bridget Jones novel by Helen
Fielding.
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The Australian
author's new novel is a thrilling re-imagining of a gothic horror
Speaking from her
home in Melbourne, Hooper says her book is “a psychological thriller about
sex and money. In a way I see it as a telling of the perennial gothic
storyline, which is that of a forced engagement. I love books like Rebecca
and Jane Eyre, where there’s a woman navigating the mysteries of a
house and, in a way, herself.” The desolate landscape that makes Liese
Campbell so powerless in The Engagement is an important part of the
novel, and Hooper stayed in some of the private houses in Western Victoria, where
the novel is based. “There are these pretty amazing mansions which are in
very isolated spots.”
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