You - Hardcover

Kepnes, Caroline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1476785597 ISBN 13: 9781476785592

Publisher: Atria Books, 2014

Synopsis

*Soon to be a Lifetime drama series*

“Hypnotic and scary.” —Stephen King

“I am RIVETED, AGHAST, AROUSED, you name it. The rare instance when prose and plot are equally delicious.” —Lena Dunham

From debut author Caroline Kepnes comes You, one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of 2014, and a brilliant and terrifying novel for the social media age.

When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card.

There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she’ll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight—the perfect place for a “chance” meeting.

As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if it means murder.

A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation, debut author Caroline Kepnes delivers a razor-sharp novel for our hyper-connected digital age. You is a compulsively readable page-turner that’s being compared to Gone Girl, American Psycho, and Stephen King’s Misery.

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Review:

'There are resonances of The Collector by John Fowles, and Stephen King's Misery... There are hints of Gone Girl, but the story is both original and compelling. If you only read one new thriller this year, make it this one. It will stay with you long after you have put it down.' Daily Mail

'A fantastically creepy thriller... The kind of book you put your life on hold for.' Glamour

'YOU is the story of a man's obsession with a student unlucky enough to turn up in his bookstore. The twist? You'll end up (almost) siding with the stalker... Clever and chilling.' Elle

'A brilliant tale of obsessive love that centres on Joe, the stalker, and Beck, the victim of his infatuation. It's Gone Girl meets a sinister version of Girls.' Marie Claire

'An addictive thriller!' Closer

'If you liked Gone Girl's portrayal of a marriage in decline, the demented love story at the heart of YOU will have you gripped... YOU is the love-hate child of Patricia Highsmith and Bret Easton Ellis. Goldberg draws Beck into his web, only to discover she has a web of her own; there is sex, violence and deception aplenty, with a liberal application of American Psycho-esque pop culture. But the rotten heart of Kepnes' novel is Goldberg himself, a perversely charismatic Tom Ripley for the social media age. This book will give you Stockholm syndrome.' -- Harper's Bazaar

'Chilling...[Kepnes's] will have readers looking over their shoulders.' Publisher's Weekly

'A deeply dark yet mesmerizing first novel of two people caught in a romantic tangle with an ever-tightening knot.' Booklist

'Is Caroline Kepnes' YOU the next GONE GIRL? It'll take you inside a psychopath's head... and might even make you like him. A mad and macabre love story.' TimeOut Australia

'Chilling...unrelenting.' USAToday.com

'All-consuming a book that will not release its hold on you, even when you are not actively reading it.' BoloBooks.com

'You...had the page-turning quality of classic (Stephen) King at his peak.' The Devil's Advocate

'Could be the next GONE GIRL...a perverse suspense romance about obsession, sex, and secrets.' -- PopSugar.com

About the Author:

Caroline Kepnes is from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Her first novel YOU was translated into 19 languages and shortlisted for a CWA New Blood Award. Her second novel HIDDEN BODIES is a sequel that Booklist describes as 'the love child of Holden Caulfield and Patrick Bateman'. Caroline earned a BA in American Civilization at Brown University and worked as a pop culture journalist on Entertainment Weekly and a TV writer on 7th Heaven. She now writes full-time and lives in Los Angeles. A 10 episode TV series based on YOU will premiere on Lifetime Network in 2018.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1476785597
• ISBN 13: 9781476785592
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 424