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Helen FitzGerald (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 5 Feb 2009

What happens when your best friend gets what you've always wanted?

Krissie and Sarah - best friends for years - have always wanted different things from life. Krissie has no desire to settle down, whereas Sarah married a doctor in her early twenties and is dying to start a family. So when Krissie becomes pregnant after a fling and Sarah can't seem to conceive, things get a little tense.

Krissie and Sarah decide to go on holiday along with Sarah's husband in the hope of getting their friendship back on track. But what starts as a much-needed break soon becomes a nightmare of sexual tension, murder and mayhem...

'Outrageous, clever, funny, poignant. Helen FitzGerald really is one to watch.' Mo Hayder

'A gripping, addictive psycho-thriller.' Big Issue

'Gloriously black comedy.' Herald

'Great fun.' Tatler

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (5 Feb 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0571236502
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571236503
  • Product Dimensions: 1.9 x 12.6 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 523,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'A Grand Guignol comedy set in Glasgow and on the West Highland Way ... FitzGerald has written an accomplished and gloriously black comedy that belies her status as a debut novelist.' -- The Herald

'A gripping, addictive psycho-thriller, Dead Lovely succeeds largely thanks to an off-beat, absurdist sense of humour that turns the books disturbing and obscene topics into startlingly original comic material.' -- The Big Issue

'I found plenty to enjoy in Helen FitzGerald's debut ... a real page turner.' -- The List

'While hiking in the highlands ... festering resentments erupt into adultery, weird sex and madness (sounds like the best holiday ever to us). Great fun and oddly moving.' -- Tatler --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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'Outrageous, clever, funny, poignant. Helen Fitzgerald really is one to watch.' Mo Hayder
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars WRITING WITH GUTS (AND A DOLLOP OF GORE!) 13 July 2008
By K. Campbell
Format:Paperback
Funny and grotesque in turns, this is a page-turning ride through childhood friendship, unexpected motherhood, lust, blood and guts - by way of sharply sketched social workers, bobble-hatted hillwalkers and a feisty anti-heroine juggling post natal depression, awakening urges...and murderous intent. But, strangely - you can't help liking her, even as she sinks deeper in the mire. Looking forward to the next one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Talking Nonsense 4 Mar 2009
By D Alexander
Format:Paperback
I have just finished reading Dead Lovely and it is a cracking book. An absolute page turner. I am frankly astounded by the previous review which was downright nasty and smacked of some petty and distasteful personal agenda! I am actually surprised Amazon allowed it to be seen on their Site. Having walked the West Highland Way I found Fitzgerald's description to be evocative and convincing. Murphy clearly didn't read the same novel as me. Fitzgerald is an exciting new author who is going to build a strong fan base in Scotland. Well done Fitzgerald! (And hopefully we will gub Norway in the World Cup Qualifiers as well!)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Complex, comedic and fast-paced 9 July 2008
By SuzieB
Format:Paperback
This novel is refreshing in the sense that it doesn't fit any particular genre - it's part contemporary fiction and part thriller with some darkly comedic moments sprinkled in. I don't want to give anything away about the plot as I'd hate to spoil the read, so suffice to say that you will not be able to put it down - I read it in one sitting!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gruesome and Hilarious
Krissie and Sarah have been best friends since childhood. Krissie sleeps with anything that moves, and a drug fuelled encounter in a nighclub toilet in Tenerife leads to an... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2011 by D. Moore
1.0 out of 5 stars Dead lovely?
I suggested this book for our book group because it promised to be a little bit 'different'. Unfortunately it was tedious and gut-wrenchingl;y awful. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2011 by Julie Ashton
4.0 out of 5 stars book worm!
the book is another amazing helen fitzgerald book what can i say the lady is an amazing writer!
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I enjoyed this, very fast paced, I read it in one sitting. Lots of twists and turns, an interesting storyline, and darkly amusing in places.
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Published on 18 Aug 2009 by T-bone
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Chrissie is a twenty something who gets pregnant during a one night stand in an Ibiza toilet. Sarah, her best friend, and her husband Kyle, who was once Chrissie's flatmate, are... Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2009 by Catherine Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic read
From page 1 this book had me in it's grip. Some laugh out loud moments about childbirth and some thought provoking and disturbing issues around children. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2008 by C. Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars DEAD LOVELY
I really enjoyed this book, I couldn`t put it down, it was easy to read with short chapters & well structured characters. Read more
Published on 25 July 2008 by Mrs. M. Mcghie
2.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing
Black comedy indeed, the book deals with some very difficult issues in such a light manner the reader is left perturbed. A very strong debut novel.
Published on 3 July 2008 by Aldee
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
I was also able to get hold of the Australian copy and couldn't put it down. I passed it round to various other people, most of whom reported reading it from cover to cover in one... Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2008 by Ms. F. M. Casci
5.0 out of 5 stars A thrilling read!
If you like a good thriller then this is summer reading for you. I was lucky enough to get a copy of this book when it was first released in Australia back in September 2007. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2008 by Mrs. C. Maher
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