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Eileen

By: Ottessa Moshfegh
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
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About this listen

The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, an unassuming yet disturbed young woman, trapped between her role as her alcoholic father's carer and her day job as a secretary at the prison.

When the charismatic Rebecca Saint John arrives as the new counsellor at the prison, Eileen is enchanted and unable to resist what appears to be a miraculously budding friendship.

In a Hitchcockian twist, her affection for Rebecca ultimately pulls her into complicity in a crime that surpasses her wildest imaginings.

©2015 Ottessa Moshfegh (P)2015 Recorded Books Inc Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Fiction Scary Crime

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Critic reviews

"Fully lives up to the hype. A taut psychological thriller, rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing, Eileen is effortlessly stylish and compelling." ( The Times)
"Excellent...a taut, well-written, and completely engrossing novel...culminating in a dynamite ending." ( Boston Globe)
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A dark, tragic tale, but so brilliantly written and performed. Highly recommended but please read with a compassionate heart.

Dark but brilliant

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Eileen is unpleasant. And no matter how well the book about Eileen is written (it is actually great), it does not appeal to me as a reader.

Brilliant. And disturbing. And very repulsive.

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pretty engrossing listen but paced very slowly and then has a quick sprint finish. Maybe part of the appeal but felt like there was a lot of build up in a lot of areas only some of which paid off

Worth it

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This will stay with me for a long time. A very uncomfortable listen, so beautifully written. Eileen seems so incredibly real to me. Highly recommend!

Unsettling

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Well narrated story, where the suspense builds until the twist.

The story was gently written, coming of age story, a bit laboured with adjectives.

Slowly winds the reader into the twist

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