The paying guests

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Sarah Waters: The paying guests (2015, Riverhead Books)

571 pages

English language

Published Sept. 25, 2015 by Riverhead Books.

ISBN:
978-1-59463-392-8
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5 stars (1 review)

It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.

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5 stars

Another fantastic, twisted story from Sarah Waters. Wow. There's no predicting where the story will go. I found it to drag a bit in one section but I was too invested to even consider stopping. And I felt on the edge of my seat until the very last word.

There are few authors who can weave a tale like Waters and I'll certainly pick up her next book.

7/2015 Re-reading and enjoying it just as much as the first time. Maybe a little more.

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Hospitality
  • Widows
  • Guests
  • Boardinghouses

Places

  • England
  • London
  • London (England)