{"product_id":"9781250219572","title":"Saint X : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSaint X\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Alexis Schaitkin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e  A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2020   \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"'Saint X' is hypnotic. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSchaitkin's characters...are so intelligent and distinctive it feels not just easy, but necessary, to follow them. I devoured [it] in a day.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Oyinkan Braithwaite, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen you lose the person who is most essential to you, who do you become? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecommended by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003eincluded in Good Morning America's 20 Books We're Excited for in 2020 \u0026amp; named as one of \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books to Read This Winter, Bustle's Most Anticipated Books of February 2020, and \u003ci\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's 14 of the Best Books to Read This February!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed as a “marvel of a book” and “brilliant and unflinching,” Alexis Schaitkin’s stunning debut, \u003ci\u003eSaint X, \u003c\/i\u003eis a haunting portrait of grief, obsession, and the bond between two sisters never truly given the chance to know one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison’s body is found in a remote spot on a nearby cay, and two local men\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003eemployees at the resort\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003eare arrested. But the evidence is slim, the timeline against it, and the men are soon released. The story turns into national tabloid news, a lurid mystery that will go unsolved. For Claire and her parents, there is only the return home to broken lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYears later, Claire is living and working in New York City when a brief but fateful encounter brings her together with Clive Richardson, one of the men originally suspected of murdering her sister. It is a moment that sets Claire on an obsessive pursuit of the truth\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003enot only to find out what happened the night of Alison’s death but also to answer the elusive question: Who exactly was her sister? At seven, Claire had been barely old enough to know her: a beautiful, changeable, provocative girl of eighteen at a turbulent moment of identity formation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Claire doggedly shadows Clive, hoping to gain his trust, waiting for the slip that will reveal the truth, an unlikely attachment develops between them, two people whose lives were forever marked by the same tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of Emma Cline’s \u003ci\u003eThe Girls \u003c\/i\u003eand Lauren Groff’s \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaint X \u003c\/i\u003eis a flawlessly drawn and deeply moving story that culminates in an emotionally powerful ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"'Saint X' is hypnotic. Schaitkin's characters...are so intelligent and distinctive it feels not just easy, but necessary, to follow them. I devoured [it] in a day.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Oyinkan Braithwaite, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Richly atmospheric, by turns coolly satiric and warmly romantic, Alexis Schaitkin’s brilliant debut novel \u003ci\u003eSaint X \u003c\/i\u003eimagines a chorus of voices in the aftermath of the alleged murder of a privileged American girl vacationing in an exotic Caribbean country. Part ’true-crime’ thriller and part coming-of-age novel narrated by the deceased girl’s younger sister, \u003ci\u003eSaint X \u003c\/i\u003eis irresistibly suspenseful and canny.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaint X\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexis Schaitkin’s atmospheric new novel, is ostensibly about a young American girl who goes missing while on a family vacation in the Caribbean. But it is more than that. The book also unpacks timely social and cultural issues — about grief, truth, white privilege and our murder-as-entertainment culture.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A smart, socially conscious thriller that will take you away.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine,\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Week\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This debut novel is hypnotic, delivering acute social commentary on everything from class and race to familial bonds and community, and yet its weblike nature never confuses or fails to captivate.”  \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This writer is fearless, and her gamble pays off. This killer debut is both a thriller with a vivid setting and an insightful study of race, class, and obsession.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus, \u003c\/i\u003eSTARRED REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eThere’s one moment in every person’s life, posits \u003ci\u003eSaint X\u003c\/i\u003e, that will define the rest of it. For many in this novel, it’s the death of Alison Thomas, a teenage girl who perishes while vacationing with her family on a Caribbean island. The mystery remains unsolved until years later, when her sister Claire runs into one of the original suspects in New York and befriends him, hoping to piece together what happened to Alison.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the year's buzziest debuts.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Bustle, The 22 Most Anticipated Books of February 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaint X\u003c\/i\u003e is slightly miraculous. Funny, chilling, moving, and throughout, deeply intelligent. We follow Emily into the depths of her obsessive quest with fascination and, in the end, rise with her as she moves on. This is an utterly original and engrossing novel written with the surest possible hand.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Christopher Tilghman, Author of \u003ci\u003eThomas and Beal in the Midi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Here is a marvel of a book, a kaleidoscopic examination of race and privilege, family and self, told with the propulsive, kinetic focus of a crime novel. Brilliant and unflinching, Saint X marks the debut of a stunningly gifted writer. I simply couldn’t stop reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Chang-rae Lee, Author of \u003ci\u003eOn Such A Full Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eAlexis Schaitkin's stunning debut novel is an examination of race, privilege, family and self as a teenage girl vanishes during her family’s luxury Caribbean vacation on the island of Saint X. Though the lives of the privileged tourists and the island locals are seemingly unrelated, in the aftermath of this single dramatic event, they’re inextricably bound to each other forever.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Good Morning America, 20 Books We're Excited for in 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed Amazon.com Best Books of the Year (2020), Long-listed New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year (2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250219572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Celadon Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40816836772046,"sku":"9781250219572","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_c9a0339b-dd6e-4b33-9547-84f3b3143bde.jpg?v=1644854706","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250219572","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}