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Reptile Memoirs

Silje Ulstein

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English
Grove Press
29 March 2022
Liv has a lot of secrets. Late one night, in the aftermath of a party in the apartment she shares with two friends in Alesund, she sees a python on a TV nature show and becomes obsessed with the idea of buying a snake as a pet. Soon Nero, a baby Burmese python, becomes the apartment's fourth roommate. As Liv bonds with Nero, she is struck by a desire that surprises her with its intensity. Finally she is safe.

Thirteen years later, in the nearby town of Kristiansund, Mariam Lind goes on a shopping trip with her eleven-year-old daughter, Iben. Following an argument Mariam storms off, expecting her young daughter to make her own way home . . . but she never does. Detective Roe Olsvik, new to the Kristiansund police department, is assigned to the case of Iben's disappearance. As he interrogates Mariam, he instantly suspects her - but there is much more to this case and these characters than their outer appearances would suggest.

A biting and constantly shifting tale of family secrets, rebirth and the legacy of trauma, Reptile Memoirs is a brilliant exploration of the cold-bloodedness of humanity.

'Original, sharp, tender and chilling, Reptile Memoirs is hugely ambitious and hypnotically readable.' - Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin At The End

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Imprint:   Grove Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   Export/Airside
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   503g
ISBN:   9781611854404
ISBN 10:   1611854407
Pages:   336
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Silje Ulstein has a masters degree in Literature from the University of Oslo and studied creative writing at the Bergen Writing Academy. Her debut novel Reptile Memoirs was a bestseller in Norway. She lives in Oslo. Alison McCullough is a Norwegian to English translator and writer. She was awarded a National Centre for Writing Emerging Translator Mentorship in 2017. She lives in Stavanger, Norway.

Reviews for Reptile Memoirs

'A beautifully dark and twisty story with jaw-dropping twists and pin-point plotting.' - Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble With Goats And Sheep 'This book is a shapeshifting marvel. I found it compulsively readable, and not just for the unexpected paths by which it unpacks its secrets... An uncanny, unsettling and totally immersive read.' - Emily Fridlund, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of History Of Wolves 'A bold, heart-stopping and genre-defying debut which compels us to sink toward the darkest depths of our past. A masterfully shocking and at times wonderfully uncomfortable exploration of obsession, desire and rejection, sexuality and taboo.' - Sarah Schmidt, author of See What I Have Done 'Extraordinary and terrifying, Reptile Memoirs sinks teeth into you from page one. Through relentless and, at times, almost unbearable tension, Ulstein delivers a menacingly layered thriller unlike any you've read before.' - P. J. Vernon, author of Bath Haus


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