The Uninvited Guests

Informationen zum Autor Sadie Jones is the critically acclaimed author of six novels. Her first, The Outcast, won the Costa First Novel Award, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and was a Richard and Judy Number One bestseller. Her second, Small Wars, 2009, was longlisted for the Orange Prize. The Uninvited Guests, was published in 2010. Also a screenwriter, Sadie adapted The Outcast for BBC Television in 2014, directed by Iain Softley and starring George Mackay. Her fourth novel, Fallout, came out the same year, and her fifth, The Snakes in 2019. Her sixth novel, Amy and Lan, was published in July 2022. Sadie is the daughter of the Jamaican screenwriter, novelist and poet, Evan Jones, and British actress, Joanna Jones. She was born and brought up in London, and is married to the architect, Tim Boyd. Klappentext It is the eve of Emerald Torrington's birthday. The cake is iced, and the house gleams invitingly, but before the first dish can be served, a mysterious group of strangers arrives at the door. The Torringtons welcome them in, but as night falls, the family begins to wonder if there is something malevolent in their home. This is a sinister tale of haunting beauty from the author of THE OUTCAST. Zusammenfassung A sinister tale of haunting beauty, from The Outcast author Sadie Jones. It is the eve of Emerald Torrington’s twentieth birthday and the family has assembled at Sterne, the once grand, now crumbling, family seat.

Product details

• Authors: Sadie Jones, Jones Sadie
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9780099563693
• ISBN: 978-0-09-956369-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Ghost, Horror & ghost stories, c 1910 to c 1919, Modern and contemporary fiction, Contemporary horror and ghost stories, North West England, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), C 1900 - C 1914, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary