{"product_id":"9780241757390","title":"Hunger and Thirst","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE COSTA AWARD-WINNING, WOMEN S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eUNSETTLED GROUND\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An absolute masterpiece. Utterly absorbing, genuinely unsettling' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENNIE GODFREY, author of \u003ci\u003eThe List of Suspicious Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtmospheric, psychologically vivid, and unputdownable' ALICE WINN, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1987: After a childhood trauma and years in and out of the care system, sixteen-year-old Ursula finds herself with a new job in the postroom of a local art school, a bed in a halfway house, and delightfully some new friends, including wild-child, Sue. When Ursula is invited to join a squat at The Underwood, a mysterious house whose owners met a terrible end, she can t resist the promise of a readymade, hodgepodge family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as Sue s behaviour and demands become more extreme, Ursula who has always been hungry for food and more importantly for love, acceptance and belonging, carries out her friend s terrible dare. It's a decision that will haunt her for decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty-six years later, Ursula is a renowned, reclusive sculptor living under a pseudonym in London when her identity is exposed by true-crime documentary-maker who is digging into an unsolved disappearance. But it is not only the filmmaker who has discovered Ursula s whereabouts, and as her past catches up with her present, Ursula must work out whether the monsters are within her or without.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom critically acclaimed and award-winning author, Claire Fuller, \u003ci\u003eHunger and Thirst\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling and chilling tale of loneliness and female friendship, of the dangerous line between wanting and needing, and of how far a person will go to truly belong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unremittingly unsettling, propulsive and tense. Fuller excels\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eat depicting outsiders, and writes with such precision and economy. Truly terrifying' Sarah Vaughan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Addictive, disturbing and suspenseful.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIt\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ereminded me of Ruth Rendel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52164133486903,"sku":"EB_LI0701_E25-06_KL","price":92.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/3548\/7543\/files\/9780241757390-1_271fee73-71fc-45ed-9846-69a87468edf8.jpg?v=1790175370","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9780241757390","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}