People Like Them

'Disturbing and powerful . I loved it' Leïla Slimani, author of Lullaby'Gripping' Independent'Taut' Observer'Tense... cunningly keeps our sympathies shifting' TelegraphTHERE ARE NO MONSTERS. ONLY HUMANS.Anna and Constant Guillot and their two daughters live in the peaceful, remote mountain village of Carmac. Everyone in Carmac knows each other, leading simple lives mostly unaffected by the outside world - that is until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois arrive with their three children.The new family's impressive chalet and expensive cars are in stark contrast with the modesty of those of their neighbours, yet despite their initial differences, the Langlois and the Guillots form an uneasy friendship. But when both families come under financial strain, the underlying class and racial tensions of their relationship reach breaking point, culminating in act of abhorrent violence.With piercing psychological insight and gripping storytelling, People Like Them asks the questions: How could a seemingly ordinary person commit the most extraordinary crime? And how could their loved ones ever come to terms with what they'd done?Lullaby meets Little Fires Everywhere, this intense, suspenseful prize-winning novel explores the darker side of human nature - and the terrible things people are capable of.'Icy and chilling... In sharply drawn sentences, Sedira summons the beauty of a small French village, and the shocking acts of the people inside it' - Flynn Berry, author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, Northern Spy*Winner of the Prix Eugène Dabit*

About the author

Samira Sedira

Summary

'Disturbing and powerful . I loved it' Leïla Slimani, author of Lullaby
'Gripping' Independent
'Taut' Observer
'Tense... cunningly keeps our sympathies shifting' Telegraph

THERE ARE NO MONSTERS. ONLY HUMANS.

Anna and Constant Guillot and their two daughters live in the peaceful, remote mountain village of Carmac. Everyone in Carmac knows each other, leading simple lives mostly unaffected by the outside world - that is until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois arrive with their three children.

The new family's impressive chalet and expensive cars are in stark contrast with the modesty of those of their neighbours, yet despite their initial differences, the Langlois and the Guillots form an uneasy friendship. But when both families come under financial strain, the underlying class and racial tensions of their relationship reach breaking point, culminating in act of abhorrent violence.

With piercing psychological insight and gripping storytelling, People Like Them asks the questions: How could a seemingly ordinary person commit the most extraordinary crime? And how could their loved ones ever come to terms with what they'd done?

Lullaby meets Little Fires Everywhere, this intense, suspenseful prize-winning novel explores the darker side of human nature - and the terrible things people are capable of.

'Icy and chilling... In sharply drawn sentences, Sedira summons the beauty of a small French village, and the shocking acts of the people inside it' - Flynn Berry, author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, Northern Spy

*Winner of the Prix Eugène Dabit*

Foreword

Lullaby meets Little Fires Everywhere in this subtly brutal, suspenseful prize-winning novel inspired by a true story. It asks the question: how can a seemingly normal person commit the most atrocious of crimes? And how well can you ever know someone?

Additional text

Mesmerising . As compulsive and unsettling as Lullaby and Little Fires Everywhere

Report

[A] taut examination of race and class based on a shocking real-life case ... Sedira lays bare the perils of a callous society dominated by money and status, and the insidious racism that drives an ordinary man to murder. There are no monsters, she claims, "only humans" Lucy Popescu Observer

Product details

• Authors: Sedira Samira Sedira, Samira Sedira
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.07.2021
• EAN: 9781526638601
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-3860-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; True Crime, Fiction in translation, Thriller / suspense