The Guest

*A FINANCIAL TIMES Best Book of 2023 * A NEW STATESMAN Book of the Year 2023 * A TIMES ''Book of 2023'' * ''Addictive'' STYLIST Books to Look Out For 2023 * ''Destined to be the status read of 2023'' HARPER''S BAZAAR BEST NEW FICTION * Summer is coming to a close on Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome...One misstep at a dinner party and the older man she''s been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources, but a gift for navigating the desires of others, Alex stays on the island. She drifts like a ghost through the gated driveways and sun-blasted dunes of a rarefied world, trailing destruction in her wake.Taut, sensual and impossible to look away from, The Guest captures the latent heat and potential danger of a summer that could go either way for a young woman teetering on the edge.PRAISE FOR EMMA CLINE ''Taut, beautiful and savage'' GUARDIAN''Stunning . . . thrilling . . . a spectacular achievement'' THE TIMES''Something about Cline''s intimate tone, her talent for conjuring the feeling of being alive, is entirely and uniquely her own'' RACHEL KUSHNER''An astonishingly gifted stylist'' BRANDON TAYLOR