{"product_id":"9781787303973","title":"Woodworm by Martinez, Layla","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Martinez, Layla \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 May 2024 by Vintage Publishing (Harvill Secker) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e205 x 135 x 15 | 230g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Tense, chilling’ MARIANA ENRIQUEZ'Lays bare intergenerational horror, feminine rage and the taking back of power' STYLIST'Incredible' FINANCIAL TIMESThe house breathes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe house contains bodies and secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe house is visited by ghosts, by angels that line the roof like insects, and by saints that burn the bedsheets with their haloes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody ever leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe house was built by a small-time hustler as a means of controlling his wife, and even after so many years, their daughter and her granddaughter can’t leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey may be witches or they may just be angry, but when the mysterious disappearance of a young boy from a local wealthy family draws unwanted press attention, the two isolated women, already subjects of public scorn, combine forces with the spirits that haunt them in pursuit of something that resembles justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLayla Martínez’s eerie debut novel Woodworm is class-conscious horror that drags generations of monsters into the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott**Readers love Woodworm**‘It draws you in and slams the door behind you’‘A monstrous debut’‘I want to read this book again and again’‘Biting and inventive’‘Shirley Jackson by way of Lina Wolff’‘Deeply, and wonderfully, unsettling’‘Evokes horrific imagery with a poetic, gnashing tongue’‘Extraordinary!’\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48644963991745,"sku":"9781787303973","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9781787303973.jpg?v=1726163015","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/es\/products\/9781787303973","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}