One of Vogue's Best Books of 2019
*Vogue, Best Novels of 2019
*CrimeReads, Best Fiction Debuts of 2019
*Star-Ledger, Top Ten New Jersey Authors of 2019
*EsquireUK, Best Books of 2019 So Far
*People, Best New Books of the Week
*Southern Living, Best New Books of Winter 2019
*Entertainment Weekly, Hottest Reads of January
*CosmoUK, Best New Books of January
*Vogue, Lit Hub, and CrimeReads, Most Anticipated Books of 2019
In this taut, arresting debut, a woman becomes fixated on her
neighbor--the actress.
Though the two women live just a few doors apart, a chasm lies between
them. The actress, a celebrity with a charmed career, shares a gleaming
brownstone with her handsome husband and three adorable children, while
the recently separated narrator, unhappily childless and stuck in a
dead-end job, lives in a run-down, three-story walk-up with her
ex-husband's cat.
As her fascination grows, the narrator's hold on reality begins to slip.
Before long, she's collecting cast-off items from the actress's stoop
and fantasizing about sleeping with the actress's husband. After a
disastrous interaction with the actress at the annual block party, what
began as an innocent preoccupation turns into a stunning--and
irrevocable--unraveling. Immersive and darkly entertaining, Looker is
a searing psychological portrait of obsession.
