{"product_id":"9781250239754","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\"Alexis Schaitkin’s splashy debut novel, Saint X, is an audiobook lover’s dream...Queue this one up for a murderous, dreamy delight.\" —\u003ci\u003e Paste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\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.\u003c\/b\u003e\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 fans 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSaint X:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 thriller. Brilliant and unflinching, \u003ci\u003eSaint X\u003c\/i\u003e marks the debut of a stunningly gifted writer. I simply couldn’t stop reading.\" \u003cb\u003e– Chang-rae Lee, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Such A Full Sea\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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 rape\/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.\" —   \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\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\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“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\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 thriller. 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year (2020), Long-listed Amazon.com Best Books of the Year (2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250239754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"CD-Audio","offer_id":40690285281486,"sku":"9781250239754","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_3c37bfc3-8a83-4a7b-a933-e08ec6af9320.jpg?v=1640409469","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250239754","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}