My Dark Vanessa: Signed Exclusive Edition (Hardback)

‘It’s been billed as “the most controversial book of the year”, yet it strikes me as a level-headed portrait of how complicated such experiences may feel… as a work of fiction, My Dark Vanessa is absolutely gripping.’ - The Observer

'A hard story to read and a harder one to put down ... a package of dynamite.' - Stephen King

'A remarkable debut, deeply thoughtful, deeply emotional, compelling and disturbing in equal measure.' - Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

'A brilliant and stunning debut ... utterly truth-rattling, humane in its clarity and chilling in its resonance. An absolute must read.' - Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl

'Fascinating and devastating and brilliant. I loved it.' - Kristen Roupenian, author of You Know You Want This: 'Cat Person' and Other Stories

'Riveting and compulsive, My Dark Vanessa unsettles with every sentence. A novel that asks urgent questions and refuses easy answers.' - Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail

'Unsettling, compulsive and deeply thought provoking. Extremely well done.' -  Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange

'Gripping, dark, prescient and searing in its emotional honesty,
My Dark Vanessa is a must read if the year.' - Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her Eyes and Cross Her Heart

'I can't remember the last time a book hooked me like My Dark Vanessa ... a brilliant, chilling portrait of manipulation and abuse of power.' - Jane Casey, author of The Missing and Cruel Acts

'Powerful, compulsive and brilliant ... Such a skilled, terrifying depiction of the grooming of a vulnerable 15-year-old girl by her English teacher. An important book, we should all read it.' - Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups

'A provocative and disturbing exploration of what happens when manipulation feels like love. More than anything else, Russell pushes us to reconsider everything we believe about what a "perfect" victim looks like. Challenging and uncompromising, My Dark Vanessa is the book everyone will be talking about in 2020' Louise O'Neill, author of Asking For It

'My Dark Vanessa is about story-telling and manipulation and the manipulation of those stories. It is destined to be a hit.' - Pandora Sykes