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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Virago; New Ed edition (3 Mar 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844081796
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844081790
  • Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.4 x 19.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 186,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A chilling - sometimes terrifying - and tautly written thriller (THE TIMES )

A bold, intelligent assault on the masculine conventions of the thriller genre (THE SUNDAY TIMES )

Dunant's unsettling novel is compelling to the end (THE EXPRESS ON SUNDAY )

Her narrative pulses with emotional truth and heart ...Compelling and distressing (MAIL ON SUNDAY )

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'A bold, intelligent assault on the masculine conventions of the thriller genre' THE --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful
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Lizzie is a translator, of Czech to English. Her relationship of seven years has ended and she is a few months into the single life and celibacy. At times, her large London terrace seems an empty place, animated only by the presence of her cat, Millie. But Millie has made the house vulnerable to the predations of a prowling tomcat which has learned to use the cat flap to enter, rob the food bowl, and dole out a few wounds in the process.

Lizzie's friends worry about her. She reassures them, and herself, that everything is fine. She has a new contract, to translate a European bestseller for the English-speaking ... and Hollywood ... market. It's a tale of cops and robbers, a high body count, and explicit sex, and it will keep her too busy to fret about her own life, loneliness, and celibacy.

Is it her imagination? One of her albums is missing. When the second disappears, she suspects her ex is playing tricks. But the third incident with the CD's shakes Lizzie's confidence. Someone, or something other than the tomcat, is getting into the house.

Sarah Dunant writes a very sophisticated, very elegant thriller. Juxtaposing the violence of excerpts from Lizzie's translation with the psychological chill of her own fears and realisation of what is happening, this is a first class novel.

Dunant is a very fine writer. She dissects the sexual mores and sexual desires of her characters with a skill and sensitivity few other novelists manage. Lizzie is no passive victim. She is a literate, intelligent young woman who opts to fight whatever it is that has determined to invade her world. In places disturbing, even shocking, certainly explicit, Dunant delivers some fascinating insights into her characters.

This is a tense, well-paced novel which obliges you to keep turning the pages. Exceptionally well written and beautifully structured, Dunant's writing style is dynamic and economical, each word, each phrase, each sentence delivered with poise and purpose.

This is the first Sarah Dunant novel I've read ... I'll certainly read more. First class writing, compulsive story-telling, and an author with class, style, and personality.

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Fab...but scary! 2 July 2009
Format:Paperback
I have loved all the historical novels by Sarah Dunant and tried this for a change. She can create tension and grip the reader well (up till 2 am on this one!)Thought provoking and disturbing - but very good!
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Gripping but strange 26 Oct 2002
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A very strange story. Elizabeth has recently split up from her long-time lover and is trying to adjust to life on her own terms. She begins to translate a novel from Czech to English for a job assignment, but then strange events occur and she becomes suspicious that her ex, or even her best friend, is responsible. Soon, to Elizabeth, the line between fact and fiction becomes rather blurred. The tension mounts as Elizabeth thinks she is losing her mind only, when confronted by the truth, to struggle with obsession and reality. I thought this book was very "edge-of-your-seat", but (although I'm not prudish) I did think that some of the sexual scenes were too vulgar. The author seemed to be fixated on female violation and some of the descriptions made me squirm as I felt they were gratuituous. "Transgressions" started out as a promise of enjoyment, but then became something that I wouldn't have necessarily read by choice.
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Transgressions Review March 2010
Brilliant book, started a bit slowly & I was at first unsure. As I read on I was completely hooked. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2010 by Ms. K. Woodley
Very different from The Birth of Venus!
From the first page, this book raised the hairs on the back of my neck. Very well written and extremely well timed, the book is extremely atmospheric and I often found myself... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2010 by Janice Shortland
Not a historical novel
This book was basically about a woman getting over a long term relationship and exploring her sexuality. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by Ruth
Unconvincing and offensive
This is beautifully written nonsense. The idea that a woman would feel sexual desire for a man who has broken into her house to rape her is not just ridiculous but offensive. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2010 by Reader 11
Strange, certainly
I enjoy very much the thriller genre which was why I was attracted to buying this novel. The reviews thus far are very convincing. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2008 by Maria Paisley
Defines the Psychological Thriller
Sarah Dunant is probably most famous as the presenter of BBC2's Late Show and yet this, her fifth novel, should establish her as a major force in thriller writing. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2002
Real Edge-Of-The-Seat Thriller
In Transgressions Sarah Dunant has attempted to discover what it is really like to be stalked by someone - or something - unknown. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2001
A brave and un-put-downable book
Dunant has real mastery of the suspense narrative -I certainly couldn't put the books down - her heroine is in one of those alienated, lonely moods in which the world seems... Read more
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