{"product_id":"9781529334067-the-worst-kind-of-want","title":"The Worst Kind of Want","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA darkly compelling story of forbidden romance set under the Italian sun\u003cbr\u003eA dark, sensual, utterly compulsive literary thriller about a woman's reckless affair with a younger man during a heady summer in Italy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sharply written . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etakes readers on a thrillingly doomed journey amid the simmering heat of an Italian landscape - a captivating portrayal of self and want' Christine Mangan, author of \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eTangerine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo cool-headed, fastidious Pricilla Messing, Italy will be an escape, a brief glimpse of freedom from a life that's starting to feel like one long decline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRescued from the bedside of her difficult mother, forty-something Cilla finds herself called away to Rome to keep an eye on her wayward teenage niece, Hannah. But after years of caregiving, babysitting is the last thing Cilla wants to do. Instead she throws herself into Hannah's youthful, heedless world - drinking, dancing, smoking - relishing the heady atmosphere of the Italian summer. After years of feeling used up and overlooked, Cilla feels like she's coming back to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut being so close to Hannah brings up complicated memories, making Cilla restless and increasingly reckless, and a dangerous flirtation with a teenage boy soon threatens to send her into a tailspin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith the sharp-edged insight of Ottessa Moshfegh and the taut seduction of Patricia Highsmith, \u003ci\u003eThe Worst Kind of Want\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark, hypnotic literary noir \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eabout a woman whose unruly desires and troubled past push her to the brink of disaster.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Worst Kind of Want\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Masterfully constructed . Dazzling . Wonderfully surprising and a pleasure to read' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLA Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Worth obsessing over' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Noirish and sexy, this provocative novel explores what it's like to be a woman on the edge, and what happens when dreams are deferred for too long' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As death-steeped, sultry, and delicious as the ancient Italian cities in which it's set' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intoxicating' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sets her narrator on a dark psychological journey in sweltering, sun-bleached locales . Darkly compelling' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944628367457,"sku":"9781529334067","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28285374.jpg?v=1722540782","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529334067-the-worst-kind-of-want","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}