![]() And I had tired of it - of the not knowing, of always feeling as though I were on the outside of things, just on the periphery. Both unsolvable riddles that refused to leave me in peace. ![]() The book is published by Harper Collins, and it took the world by storm since March 2018 when it was first published in a hardcover edition. It becomes clear that there’s not enough of a story here: The twists are fun, but hardly jaw-dropping, and the descriptive redundancies feel like padding for a book thinner than its page count suggests. Tangier and Lucy were the same, I thought. Tangerine by Christine Mangan is her debut novel, and a very successful one at that. The writing is laborious, particularly early on, and Mangan’s Hitchcock emulation turns problematic as confounding sexual politics increasingly drive the narrative. Tangerine is a sharp dagger of a booka debut so tightly wound, so replete with exotic imagery and charm, so full of precise details and extraordinary. Her style feels more imitative than original, a dispiriting reminder of what more daring storytellers could do here. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Youssef tells Lucy, If you are looking for a place that makes sense, I feel I must provide this warningyou will be disappointed.' In what way does the backdrop of the city, as well as the countrys politics, reflect or enhance the mood and plot 10. And once that initial intrigue wears off, Mangan’s touch loses its luster rather quickly. How does Christine Mangan depict Tangier. Unputdownable The TimesThe perfect read for fans of Daphne du Maurier and Patricia Highsmith, set in 1950s Morocco, Tangerine is a gripping psychological literary thriller. ![]() This isn’t to say Tangerine is at the level of those masters. Girl on a Train meets The Talented Mr Ripley under the Moroccan sun. The plotting all but demands comparisons to Patricia Highsmith the sweaty, paranoid atmosphere screams Hitchcock. Tangerine, the thriller debut by Christine Mangan, sold in the seven figures to HarperCollins in 2016 and was swiftly optioned by none other than George Clooney Scarlett Johansson and scribe. Tangerine is cinematically engineered, an aromatic stew of ingredients ripe for a big-screen treatment - exotic ’50s setting, unreliable narrators with inscrutable motivations, mysteries clouded in madness.
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