Plaything Portraits in art a landscape whose contours reach

a landscape whose contours reach back to Shakespeare's England by way of two world wars and a coming of age shaped by the Suez crisis and the Cold War

wind and water – that hold sway over how land forms

A wild ride through a disaffected youth by a gifted writer

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This is haunting and beautiful work from one of America's most gifted writers

Plaything Portraits in art a landscape whose contours reachA chilling spin on girl meets boy, in which jealousy and obsession cost the ultimate price 'I just loved it it truly wedged itself into my brain. Absolutely vile and brilliant. Plaything is an unhinged melody, and it will serenade fans of the darkest narratives.' ALICE SLATER, author of Death of a Bookseller 'A gloriously tense tale of obsession' Financial Times Anna is smart. Smarter than you, probably. But when she falls for the beautiful, enigmatic