Other People's Clothes

Calla Henkel

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Hodder & Stoughton
13 July 2021

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense

'A sparkling debut...this is a very good plot-driven thriller dressed in a glittery jumpsuit.' GUARDIAN

'I couldn't stop turning the pages . . . a debut you won't want to miss' MEGAN ABBOTT

'A wild, energetic gem of a novel' DAILY MAIL

Intoxicating, compulsive and blackly funny, Other People's Clothes is the thrilling novel from Berlin-based American artist Calla Henkel.

2009. Berlin.

Two art students arrive from New York, both desperate for the city to solve their problems.

Zoe is grieving for her high school best friend, murdered months before in her hometown in Florida.

Hailey is rich, obsessed with the exploits of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears and wants to be a Warholian legend.

Together they rent a once-magnificent apartment from eccentric crime writer Beatrice Becks. With little to fill their time, they spend their nights twisting through Berlin's club scene and their days hungover.

Soon inexplicable things start happening in the apartment and the two friends suspect they are being watched by Beatrice. Convinced that their landlord is using their lives as inspiration for her next thriller novel, they decide to beat her at her own game. The girls start hosting wild parties in the flat and quickly gain notoriety, with everyone clamouring for an invite to 'Beatrice's.' But ultimately they find themselves unable to control the narrative and it spirals into much darker territory . . .

'Thrilling' Cosmopolitan

'Full of delicious layers . . . I felt drunk reading it.' Emma Jane Unsworth

'Other People's Clothes feels like reading a thriller by your most acerbic friend' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

By: Calla Henkel
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9781529357646
ISBN 10: 1529357640
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 13 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Calla Henkel is an American writer, playwright, director and artist living in Berlin. She has staged plays at Volksbuhne Berlin, The Whitney Museum of Art, as well as at New Theater, the experimental theatre space she co-founded and programmed in Berlin from 2013-2015. Her art writing has been published in periodicals such as Texte zur Kunst, Spike, Mousse, and others. Her artistic work with Max Pitegoff has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. She currently operates a bar, performance space and film studio called TV in Berlin. Other People's Clothes is her debut novel.

Reviews for Other People's Clothes

Darkly funny, psychologically rich and utterly addictive. I couldn't stop turning the pages . . .This is a debut you won't want to miss. * Megan Abbott * Thrilling * <i>Cosmopolitan</i> * Full of delicious layers . . . I felt drunk reading it. * Emma Jane Unsworth * Other People's Clothes feels like reading a thriller by your most acerbic friend. * Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of <i>Starling Days</i> *