A friendship to die for.
A Ripley story for the Instagram age set in contemporary New
York; a world at once sophisticated and sordid, irresistible and
irresponsible, unforgettable yet unattainable
Tara Isabella Burton is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. The
winner of the Shiva Naipaul Award for Travel Writing, she has
completed a Doctorate in Literature and Theology at the University
of Oxford and is a prodigious travel writer, short story and
scriptwriter and essayist. She currently works for Vox as their
Faith and Religion Correspondent and lives in New York.
taraisabellaburton.com
@NotoriousTIB
[A] spectacularly impressive debut … A ridiculously assured first
novel, told in an utterly original voice
*Observer*
[A] spectacularly impressive debut … A ridiculously assured first
novel, told in an utterly original voice
*Observer*
If you crossed Gossip Girl with The Talented Mr Ripley and added
Whit Stillman’s dialogue to the mix, you might come close to the
feel of Burton’s glittering story of identity theft. Sure to be on
every smart beach lounger this summer
*The i*
If you crossed Gossip Girl with The Talented Mr Ripley and added
Whit Stillman’s dialogue to the mix, you might come close to the
feel of Burton’s glittering story of identity theft. Sure to be on
every smart beach lounger this summer
*The i*
A formidable burlesque ... Sharp as a shard of broken mirror
*New York Times Book Review*
A formidable burlesque ... Sharp as a shard of broken mirror
*New York Times Book Review*
Burton does a brilliant job of depicting the toxic charm of such a
world... [she] draws us in via her control of the material, the
expert way she plays off Lavinia’s lavishness against Louise’s
guile – and our fascination with those wild Manhattan parties
*Guardian*
Burton does a brilliant job of depicting the toxic charm of such a
world... [she] draws us in via her control of the material, the
expert way she plays off Lavinia’s lavishness against Louise’s
guile – and our fascination with those wild Manhattan parties
*Guardian*
An irresistible novel about a toxic friendship taken to the
extreme, full of dark New York glamour, decadence and bohemia ...
So many novels are compared to The Secret History and The Talented
Mr. Ripley in the digital age, but in this case it’s absolutely
justified
*Elle*
An irresistible novel about a toxic friendship taken to the
extreme, full of dark New York glamour, decadence and bohemia ...
So many novels are compared to The Secret History and The Talented
Mr. Ripley in the digital age, but in this case it’s absolutely
justified
*Elle*
[Tara Isabella Burton] knows her way around good, evil and the
eternally reader-friendly realm in between. Social Creature is a
wicked original with echoes of the greats (Patricia Highsmith,
Gillian Flynn)
*New York Times*
[Tara Isabella Burton] knows her way around good, evil and the
eternally reader-friendly realm in between. Social Creature is a
wicked original with echoes of the greats (Patricia Highsmith,
Gillian Flynn)
*New York Times*
Imagine Gossip Girl grown up and gone very, very wrong, with a
touch of The Secret History thrown in … A deliciously dark novel
about excess and desperation
*Stylist*
Imagine Gossip Girl grown up and gone very, very wrong, with a
touch of The Secret History thrown in … A deliciously dark novel
about excess and desperation
*Stylist*
Meet your new one-sitting read: a stunning New York-set novel about
a woman with nothing who befriends a woman with everything, and
decides that she’d like her life. Think The Talented Mr Ripley
meets The Secret History meets Gossip Girl
*Red*
Meet your new one-sitting read: a stunning New York-set novel about
a woman with nothing who befriends a woman with everything, and
decides that she’d like her life. Think The Talented Mr Ripley
meets The Secret History meets Gossip Girl
*Red*
If you enjoyed The Talented Mr Ripley, you’ll love this … [A]
gripping takedown of contemporary New York society
*Stylist*
If you enjoyed The Talented Mr Ripley, you’ll love this … [A]
gripping takedown of contemporary New York society
*Stylist*
This deliciously seductive novel is a wild, sinister ride through
contemporary New York. A layered and incisive portrayal of our
obsession with social media and toxic friendships
*Book Riot*
This deliciously seductive novel is a wild, sinister ride through
contemporary New York. A layered and incisive portrayal of our
obsession with social media and toxic friendships
*Book Riot*
Glittering, breathless, and precise – Social Creature fearlessly
explores identity in the modern world through a dangerous and
magnetic friendship. Tara Isabella Burton’s prose is electrifying,
her characters dazzlingly bright. This novel will consume you
*Danya Kukafka, bestselling author of Girl in Snow*
Glittering, breathless, and precise – Social Creature fearlessly
explores identity in the modern world through a dangerous and
magnetic friendship. Tara Isabella Burton’s prose is electrifying,
her characters dazzlingly bright. This novel will consume you
*Danya Kukafka, bestselling author of Girl in Snow*
Lethally well controlled … Addictive
*Metro*
Lethally well controlled … Addictive
*Metro*
I read Social Creature in one breathless rush. It’s a wild
nightmarish ride through a New York City of decadence & broken
dreams, faking it & fucking up, love & lies & lies & more lies.
This is the missing link between Bret Easton Ellis & The Secret
History
*Emma Flint, author of Baileys Prize longlisted, Little Deaths*
I read Social Creature in one breathless rush. It’s a wild
nightmarish ride through a New York City of decadence & broken
dreams, faking it & fucking up, love & lies & lies & more lies.
This is the missing link between Bret Easton Ellis & The Secret
History
*Emma Flint, author of Baileys Prize longlisted, Little Deaths*
Lavish and wild and bohemian, Social Creature swept me up in its
spell, spun me round the streets of New York and left me wanting
more. This book is ALL THAT JAZZ and then some
*Ali Land, author of Good Me, Bad Me*
Lavish and wild and bohemian, Social Creature swept me up in its
spell, spun me round the streets of New York and left me wanting
more. This book is ALL THAT JAZZ and then some
*Ali Land, author of Good Me, Bad Me*
Social Creature is the perfect upmarket beach read for the
summer
*Sunday Express*
Social Creature is the perfect upmarket beach read for the
summer
*Sunday Express*
A rollercoaster of a ride of the kind best read in one almighty
gulp, turning the pages faster and faster as the awful unavoidable
fate of both women slowly becomes clear… a very tightly plotted and
hugely enjoyable novel, which slips down as smoothly as the
champagne served at the glittering parties her characters attend,
only to leave a satisfyingly bitter taste at its end
*The i*
A rollercoaster of a ride of the kind best read in one almighty
gulp, turning the pages faster and faster as the awful unavoidable
fate of both women slowly becomes clear… a very tightly plotted and
hugely enjoyable novel, which slips down as smoothly as the
champagne served at the glittering parties her characters attend,
only to leave a satisfyingly bitter taste at its end
*The i*
Unflinching, cool, brutal. This book will make you its accomplice.
You'll go willingly
*Georgia Clark, author of The Regulars*
Unflinching, cool, brutal. This book will make you its accomplice.
You'll go willingly
*Georgia Clark, author of The Regulars*
If this novel were a drink, it would be a martini – shockingly cold
and clean, and to be slugged back in one gulp. It’s also tom Ripley
updated for 21st-century Manhattan with added smartphones …
Addictive
*Metro*
If this novel were a drink, it would be a martini – shockingly cold
and clean, and to be slugged back in one gulp. It’s also tom Ripley
updated for 21st-century Manhattan with added smartphones …
Addictive
*Metro*
Like fireworks in the night sky, this explosive debut has darkness
and glitz aplenty
*Psychologies*
Like fireworks in the night sky, this explosive debut has darkness
and glitz aplenty
*Psychologies*
A compulsively readable, razor sharp novel of manners for the
social media age. Edith Wharton meets Patricia Highsmith
*Carol Goodman, bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages
and The Widow’s House*
A compulsively readable, razor sharp novel of manners for the
social media age. Edith Wharton meets Patricia Highsmith
*Carol Goodman, bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages
and The Widow’s House*
Devious and decadent. I couldn’t put it down
*Courtney Maum, author of Touch and I Am Having So Much Fun Here
Without You*
Devious and decadent. I couldn’t put it down
*Courtney Maum, author of Touch and I Am Having So Much Fun Here
Without You*
A mesmerizing and beautifully lyrical debut about sexuality,
identity, envy, confusion, and the creepy ways in which we swallow
one another in attempt to become ourselves
*Swan Huntley, author of The Goddesses and We Could*
A mesmerizing and beautifully lyrical debut about sexuality,
identity, envy, confusion, and the creepy ways in which we swallow
one another in attempt to become ourselves
*Swan Huntley, author of The Goddesses and We Could*
A hugely compulsive read....Imagine Genuine Fraud meets The Secret
History in the world of Gossip Girl…This book is beautiful,
bohemian, seedy, sharp - and as devastating as it is decadent
*Lydia Ruffles, author of The Taste of Blue Light*
A hugely compulsive read....Imagine Genuine Fraud meets The Secret
History in the world of Gossip Girl…This book is beautiful,
bohemian, seedy, sharp - and as devastating as it is decadent
*Lydia Ruffles, author of The Taste of Blue Light*
A tarred-and-feathered shining gorgeous bloody obsessive compulsive
shining shining shining nightmare fever dream of a book: The Secret
History meets 2018 Gatsby meets The Talented Mr. Ripley
*Ella Risbridger*
A tarred-and-feathered shining gorgeous bloody obsessive compulsive
shining shining shining nightmare fever dream of a book: The Secret
History meets 2018 Gatsby meets The Talented Mr. Ripley
*Ella Risbridger*
One of the most anticipated releases of the summer … A Talented Mr
Ripley-esque story that mischieviously weaves around the envy and
obsession of social media … Total, brilliant carnage
*Emerald Street*
One of the most anticipated releases of the summer … A Talented Mr
Ripley-esque story that mischieviously weaves around the envy and
obsession of social media … Total, brilliant carnage
*Emerald Street*
Social Creature is a millennial update on the well-trodden
rags-to-riches fable – think Cinderella and The Great Gatsby meets
the Kardashians – where pout-filled posts on Facebook and Uber
rides are as much woven into its fabric as the iconic Manhattan
skyline
*Glasgow Herald*
Social Creature is a millennial update on the well-trodden
rags-to-riches fable – think Cinderella and The Great Gatsby meets
the Kardashians – where pout-filled posts on Facebook and Uber
rides are as much woven into its fabric as the iconic Manhattan
skyline
*Glasgow Herald*
Like 1980s Jay McInerney, but with murder
*Sunday Times*
Like 1980s Jay McInerney, but with murder
*Sunday Times*
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