Sharp Objects

by Gillian Flynn

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the unsolved murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.

Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0307341550 (ISBN 13: 9780307341556)

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Audiobook, Suspense

254 pages, Paperback

First published September 26, 2006

About the author

Gillian Flynn is an American author and television critic for Entertainment Weekly. She has so far written three novels, Sharp Objects, for which she won the 2007 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for the best thriller; Dark Places; and her best-selling third novel Gone Girl.

Her book has received wide praise, including from authors such as Stephen King. The dark plot revolves around a serial killer in a Missouri town, and the reporter who has returned from Chicago to cover the event. Themes include dysfunctional families,violence and self-harm.

In 2007 the novel was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar for Best First Novel by an American Writer, Crime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie, CWA New Blood and Ian Fleming Steel Daggers, winning in the last two categories.

Flynn, who lives in Chicago, grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated at the University of Kansas, and qualified for a Master's degree from Northwestern University.

Review Quotes:
"Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre."
–Stephen King

Reviews

[untxitxo · Rating 3 out of 5]

uf, esque nola izaten al dire tipa honen liburuek horren turbioak tio!!!!!!!! eske bere pertsonai guziek me caen maaaaal ta dire untrustworthy, denaaaaak ta ze nazzzzka!!! guttienez hontakuan banekien que me esperaba ta nahiko hobe, ze nahiko errex irakurri dut. Baño eztakit ze nota man honi. Serio. bi izar? lau izar? patuko diot hiru, baño eztakitelako egitan ze patu, ta errex irakurri duten arren eztutelako berriz irakurriko jahjahj (ze badakit etzaizkitela atzenduko ez hau ez gone girl jahsja).

Guttienez Camille me caía medianamente ongi. Ezin dut berdine erran bertzetaz.