Eileen

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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016* n n *SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER AWARD 2016* n n Trapped between caring for her alcoholic father and her job as a secretary at the boys' prison, Eileen Dunlop dreams of escaping to the big city. n n In the meantime, her nights and weekends are filled with shoplifting and cleaning up her increasingly deranged father's messes. n n When the beautiful, charismatic Rebecca Saint John arrives on the scene as the new counsellor at the prison, Eileen is enchanted, unable to resist what appears to be a miraculously budding friendship. But soon, Eileen's affection for Rebecca pull her into a crime that far surpasses even her own wild imagination. n n `Fully lives up to the hype. A taut psychological thriller, rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing, Eileen is effortlessly stylish and compelling' The Times n