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'Jane Eyre meets American Psycho. Gloriously outrageous, sensationally unhinged' SUNDAY TIMES'Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh-out-loud funny' CATRIONA WARD'Weird and wonderful' LUCY MANGAN, GUARDIAN Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect Victorian governess. She'll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But the longer Winifred spends within the estate's dreary confines and the more she learns of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds family, the more trouble she has sticking to her plan.Whether creeping across the moonlit lawns in her undergarments or gently tormenting the house staff, Winifred struggles at every turn to stifle the horrid compulsions of her past until her chillingly dark imagination breaches the feeble boundary of reality on Christmas morning. Wielding her signature sardonic wit and a penchant for the gorgeously macabre, Virginia Feito returns with a vengeance in Victorian Psycho.NOW BEING ADAPTED FOR A MAJOR FILM BY A24What readers are saying...'Psychotic, strange, utterly hilarious, strangely relatable' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Dark, gruesome, hilarious, wild, weird' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'One hell of a ride. Perfection!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I frequently found myself blindsided, mouth agape, and loved every second of it' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House with the intention of being the perfect Victorian governess, but her dark compulsions threaten to unravel her carefully constructed facade. As Winifred immerses herself in the Pounds family's peculiar world, she finds it increasingly difficult to suppress her violent urges and the chilling fantasies of her past. The estate's oppressive atmosphere and the family's strange preoccupations push Winifred closer to the brink, culminating in a terrifying descent into madness on Christmas morning. The narrative unfolds through Winifred's perspective, highlighting her internal struggle against her own dark imagination within the rigid confines of Victorian society.
The reception for 'Victorian Psycho' highlights its outrageous and unhinged nature, drawing comparisons to 'Jane Eyre' and 'American Psycho'. Critics praise its simmering rage, propulsive narrative, and dark humor, with one reviewer calling it 'weird and wonderful'. Reader comments echo this sentiment, describing the book as psychotic, strange, hilarious, and relatable, with many finding the ride to be a wild and surprising experience that left them blindsided and delighted.
Page Count:
208
Publication Date:
2025-02-13
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
ISBN-10:
0008739595
ISBN-13:
9780008739591
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