Voyeur (Paperback)

Francesca Reece

ISBN 10: 1472272218 / ISBN 13: 9781472272218

Published by Headline Publishing Group, London, 2022

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Paperback. 'Addictive' Stylist'Sultry' Elle'Shimmers with suspense' Daily Mail'Sizzling' EsquireSummer in Paris. Leah, bored of tedious dead-end jobs, is intrigued to spot a job advert posted by the famous author Michael Young: 'Writer Seeks Assistant'.After an unconventional interview, Michael invites Leah to spend summer in the south of France with his family. But as she begins her work transcribing his diaries of his debauched youth in 1960s Soho, the lines of past and present, truth and deceit, begin to blur, and Leah has to question what it is that Michael really sees in her. A novel that challenges us to both question what we see, and what others see in us.'A devastatingly compelling new voice in literary fiction' Louise O'Neill'Devastatingly witty, compulsively readable . . . like Sally Rooney meeting Martin Amis in Paris' Francine Toon, author of Pine A propulsive, vivid and witty debut set over a French summer that tackles the pull between desire and power, introducing a brilliant new voice in fiction. For readers of Anna Hope and Naoise Dolan. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Voyeur (Paperback)
• Publisher: Headline Publishing Group, London
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472272218
• ISBN 13: 9781472272218
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

'Addictive' Stylist
'Sultry' Elle
'Shimmers with suspense' Daily Mail
'Sizzling' Esquire

Summer in Paris. Leah, bored of tedious dead-end jobs, is intrigued to spot a job advert posted by the famous author Michael Young: 'Writer Seeks Assistant'.

After an unconventional interview, Michael invites Leah to spend summer in the south of France with his family. But as she begins her work transcribing his diaries of his debauched youth in 1960s Soho, the lines of past and present, truth and deceit, begin to blur, and Leah has to question what it is that Michael really sees in her.

A novel that challenges us to both question what we see, and what others see in us.

'A devastatingly compelling new voice in literary fiction' Louise O'Neill

'Devastatingly witty, compulsively readable . . . like Sally Rooney meeting Martin Amis in Paris' Francine Toon, author of Pine

About the Author

Francesca Reece grew up in Wales, and studied French with English at King's College London before moving to Paris for most of her twenties. She was the 2019 recipient of the Desperate Literature Prize for her short story 'So Long Sarajevo/They Miss You So Badly', and has had work published in the London Magazine and Elle. She now divides her time between Paris and Wales. This is her debut novel.