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Cape May
Chip Cheek
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'BRILLIANTLY UNSETTLING' Paula Hawkins
'SO, SO GOOD' Stylist (The Top 10 Books of 2019)
'DEVASTATING... A HEADY COCKTAIL' Mail on Sunday
'The beaches were empty, the stores were closed and after sunset all the houses on New Hampshire Avenue stood dark'
September 1957.
Newlyweds Henry and Effie arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, for their honeymoon.
Young, naive and already disappointed by the unexpected dullness of married life, they soon fall prey to a decadent and glamorous set - beautiful socialite Clara, wealthy playboy Max and his mysterious half-sister Alma.
As the torrid summer comes to an end and the empty beach town becomes their playground - sneaking into abandoned summer homes, sailing, making love and drinking a great deal of gin - Henry and Effie slip from innocence into betrayal, with devastating consequences that reverberate through the rest of their lives.
Read MorePraise for Cape May
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What a treat. Glamorous and nostalgic and very sexy, Cape May is a novel about marriage, lust, shabby seaside towns and lots of gin. Brilliantly unsettling - one of those books that stays with you. - Paula HawkinsThe new Gatsby... With shades of F Scott Fitzgerald, Revolutionary Road and even Mad Men, this is one of those books that transport you to a different era and leaves you mesmerised by bad behaviour and human failings. It is so, so good. - StylistCheek's glamorous and nostalgic first novel is an atmospheric tale of sexual longing and loss in 1950s America that nods to classics like The Great Gatsby and Revolutionary Road - Independent (30 Best New Books for 2019)Gorgeous, seductive storytelling, martini-dry prose reminiscent of James Salter's finest. I loved it
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