'The Girls is a brilliant and intensely consuming novel - imposing not just for a writer so young, but for any writer, any time' * Richard Ford * 'I don't know which is more amazing, Emma Cline's understanding of human beings or her mastery of language.' - Mark Haddon Buy it for the Mansonesque plot but savour it for its insights' * Irish Times * Intense, clever, beautiful' * Sunday Times * And as with so many novels about cults, The Girls is set to inspire a cultish devotion all of its own' * Evening Standard * 'One of the best novels I've read about female adolescence. 'An intensely atmospheric story that perfectly captures the aching loneliness and longing of a teenage girl.' - Sarra Manning * Red * 'A seductive and arresting coming-of-age story.spellbinding' * New York Times Book Review * 'Darker than anything Gone Girl had to offer' * Shortlist * 'An exhilarating read' * Emma Healey, author of Elizabeth is Missing * 'Taut, beautiful and savage, Cline's novel demands your attention' * Guardian * 'A tense and claustrophobic read' * Stylist * 'The read of the summer' - India Knight * Sunday Times * 'This book will break your heart and blow your mind' * Lena Dunham * Publisher: Vintage Publishing ISBN: 9781784740443 Number of pages: 368 Weight: 625 g Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 33 mm MEDIA REVIEWS Was there a warning, a sign of things to come? Or is Evie already too enthralled by the girls to see that her life is about to be changed forever? Rumours of sex, frenzied gatherings, teen runaways. Russell and the ranch, down a long dirt track and deep in the hills. Cheap rings like a second set of knuckles. Dirty dresses skimming the tops of thighs. The smell of honeysuckle thickens the air and the sidewalks radiate heat. In the summer of 1969, empty days stretch out under the California sun.

In the dying days of a floundering counter-culture a young girl is unwittingly caught up in unthinkable violence, and a decision made at this moment, on the cusp of adulthood, will shape her life.'This book will break your heart and blow your mind.' (Lena Dunham) Evie Boyd is desperate to be noticed.

The Girls by Emma Cline