Sarah Waters is the author of "Tipping the Velvet," a "New York Times "Notable Book; "Affinity," which won her the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award; "Fingersmith" and "TheNight Watch," both of which were shortlisted for both the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize; and "The Little Stranger," which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and a "New York Times "Notable Book. She has also been named one of "Granta"'s best young Britishnovelists. She lives in London."
The #1 book of 2009 Several sleepless nights are guaranteed.
Stephen King, "Entertainment Weekly"
"A classic gothic page-turner."
"USA Today"
Wonderfully evoked Waters has rendered the old house magnificently
in its fading glory, and its in habitants sparkle like chandeliers
in the damp, peeling rooms Sarah Waters is an excellent, evocative
writer, and this is an incredibly gripping and readable novel.
"The New York Times Book Review "(Editor s Choice)
Haunted by the spirits of Henry James and Edgar Allan Poe Waters is
just one turn of the screw away from The Fall of the House of
Usher. She keeps the lightening flashing in every gloomy chapter,
and you can t help but gasp, It s alive!
"The Washington Post"
Completely absorbing I wanted to linger in that fictional world,
page by page, chapter by chapter.
"Newsday"
A virtuoso writer If you want a ghost story that creeps up your
spine, "The Little Stranger "delivers.
"The Seattle Times"
Waters has managed to write a near-perfect gothic novel while at
the same time confidently deploying the form into fresher
territory. It s an astonishing performance, right down to the book
s mournful and devastating final sentence.
Laura Miller, Salon.com
Waters creates an atmosphere of quiet dread that s unnerving and
compelling.
"Time"
With its subtly orchestrated suspense and spot-on portrayal of
English class divisions, Waters s literary ghost story
delights.
"People"
A marvelous and truly spooky historical novel.
"The Boston Globe"
Rich with historic detail and slow, deliberate building toward the
revelation of its secrets, ["The Little Stranger"] delights even as
it leaves you unnerved.
"The Miami Herald"
Like the gloomy English weather, an air of impending doom lingers
over every chapter of "The Little Stranger" an up-all-night
page-turner that provides a cogent dose of social commentary.
"The Cleveland Plain Dealer"
In "The Little Stranger," Hundreds Hall serves as a perfect symbol
of the postwar erosion of Britain s class hierarchies, but it also,
increasingly, transforms into a scheming, deadly character Waters,
a master at stoking anticipation, withholds the truth about her
ghost until the final pages. By then we already strongly suspect
its identity, but the confirmation is subtle, surprising, and
deeply, deeply chilling.
NPR.org
A stunning haunted house tale whose ghosts are as horrifying as any
in Shirley Jackson s "The Haunting of Hill House."
"Publishers Weekly "(starred review)
Few authors do dread as well as Waters. Her latest novel is a ghost
story with elements of both The Fall of the House of Usher and
"Brideshead Revisited. "This spooky satisfying read has the added
pleasure of effectively detailing postwar village life, with its
rationing, social structures, and gossip, all on the edge of
Britain s massive change to a social state.
"Library Journal"
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"The #1 book of 2009...Several sleepless nights are
guaranteed."
--Stephen King, "Entertainment Weekly "
"A classic gothic page-turner."
--"USA"" Today"
"Wonderfully evoked...Waters has rendered the old house
magnificently in its fading glory, and its in habitants sparkle
like chandeliers in the damp, peeling rooms...Sarah Waters is an
excellent, evocative writer, and this is an incredibly gripping and
readable novel."
--"The New York Times Book Review " (Editor's Choice)
"Haunted by the spirits of Henry James and Edgar Allan Poe...Waters
is just one turn of the screw away from 'The Fall of the House of
Usher.' She keeps the lightening flashing in every gloomy chapter,
and you can't help but gasp, 'It's alive!'"
--"The Washington Post "
"Completely absorbing...I wanted to linger in that fictional world,
page by page, chapter by chapter."
--"Newsday "
"A virtuoso writer...If you want a ghost story that creeps up your
spine, "The Little Stranger "delivers."
--"The Seattle Times "
"Waters has managed to write a near-perfect gothic novel while at
the same time confidently deploying the form into fresher
territory. It's an astonishing performance, right down to the
book's mournful and devastating final sentence."
--Laura Miller, Salon.com
"Waters creates an atmosphere of quiet dread that's unnerving and
compelling."
--"Time "
"With its subtly orchestrated suspense and spot-on portrayal of
English class divisions, Waters's literary ghost story
delights."
--"People "
"A marvelous and truly spooky historical novel."
--"The Boston Globe"
"Rich with historic detail and slow, deliberate building toward the
revelation of its secrets, ["The Little Stranger"] delights even as
it leaves you unnerved."
--"The Miami Herald "
"Like the gloomy English weather, an air of impending doom lingers
over every chapter of "The Little Stranger."..an up-all-night
page-turner that provides a cogent dose of social commentary."
--"The Cleveland Plain Dealer "
"In "The Little Stranger," Hundreds Hall serves as a perfect symbol
of the postwar erosion of Britain's class hierarchies, but it also,
increasingly, transforms into a scheming, deadly
character...Waters, a master at stoking anticipation, withholds the
truth about her ghost until the final pages. By then we already
strongly suspect its identity, but the confirmation is subtle,
surprising, and deeply, deeply chilling."
--NPR.org
"A stunning haunted house tale whose ghosts are as horrifying as
any in Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House.""
--"Publishers Weekly "(starred review)
"Few authors do dread as well as Waters. Her latest novel is a
ghost story with elements of both 'The Fall of the House of Usher'
and "Brideshead Revisited. "This spooky satisfying read has the
added pleasure of effectively detailing postwar village life, with
its rationing, social structures, and gossip, all on the edge of
Britain's massive change to a social state."
--"Library Journal "
Waters ("The Night Watch") reflects on the collapse of the British
class system after WWII in a stunning haunted house tale whose
ghosts are as horrifying as any in Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting
of Hill House". Doctor Faraday, a lonely bachelor, first visited
Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked as a parlor maid, at
age 10 in 1919. When Faraday returns 30 years later to treat a
servant, he becomes obsessed with Hundreds's elegant owner, Mrs.
Ayres; her 24-year-old son, Roderick, an RAF airman wounded during
the war who now oversees the family farm; and her slightly older
daughter, Caroline, considered a "natural spinster" by the locals,
for whom the doctor develops a particular fondness. Supernatural
trouble kicks in after Caroline's mild-mannered black Lab, Gyp,
attacks a visiting child. A damaging fire, a suicide and worse
follow. Faraday, one of literature's more unreliable narrators,
carries the reader swiftly along to the devastating conclusion.
- "Publishers Weekly" Starred review
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