Feast

Emily O'Grady

$32.99

Paperback

In stock
Ready to ship

QTY:

English

Allen & Unwin
30 May 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Thriller & suspense; Australian Fiction

Shortlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize

Three women. Three secrets. One weekend.

Alison is an actress who no longer acts, Patrick a musician past his prime. The eccentric couple live an isolated, debauched existence in an old manor house in Scotland, a few miles outside their village. That is, until Patrick's teenage daughter, Neve, flees Australia to spend a year abroad with her doting, if unreliable, father, and the stepmother she barely knows.

On the weekend of Neve's eighteenth birthday, her father insists on a special feast to mark her coming of age. Despite Neve's objections, her mother Shannon arrives in Scotland to join the celebrations. What none of them know is that Shannon has arrived with a hidden agenda that has the potential to shatter the delicate faade of the loving, if dysfunctional, family.

Feast is the story of three women connected beyond blood, and what happens when their darkest secrets are hauled into the light.

'Complicated and unsettling, nothing is as it seems. Filled with exquisitely drawn characters and powerful storytelling,Feastis a superb read. You will not want to put this book down.' Mirandi Riwoe, author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain

Praise for The Yellow House:

'A dark, unsettling debut with chilling momentum...' The Sydney Morning Herald

'An astounding debut.' - Brisbane News

'O'Grady is a talented storyteller; it's her narrative skills that make this grim tome so compelling.' - Australian Book Review

'Creepy and atmospheric...

It's a measure of the skill of the writing that this uncomfortable, often ugly tale is such an immersive and evocative story, with a sense of horror that is never far from the surface.' - Herald Sun

'A tautly written thriller.' - The Big Issue

'It's not an easy thing to nail the voice of a child in a way that's both authentic and alluring, but O'Grady does just that from the get-go.' - Debbish

By: Emily O'Grady
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
Weight: 384g
ISBN: 9781761067112
ISBN 10: 1761067117
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emily O'Grady is a writer from Sydney. Her debut novel, The Yellow House won the 2018 Australian/Vogel's Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. Her work has been published in Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, The Big Issue fiction edition and New Australian Fiction 2021.

Reviews for Feast

"""A triumph: bloody, haunting and pulsing with the lives of the expertly rendered ensemble at its core. It is, as the title suggests, a feast for the senses, and one that deeply examines the frustrations and unmet needs that leave women hungry for more . . . O'Grady is a clever writer and her ability to craft a tense and compelling story within the confines of this house, over a single weekend, is admirable. Feast is meaty and provocative in its exploration of power, desire and the hunger for something more."" --Guardian Shortlisted for 2024 Stella Prize"