Other People’s Clothes: A Novel

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A propulsive debut with a wicked sense of humor in which two American ex-pats obsessed with the Amanda Knox trial find themselves at the nexus of murder and celebrity in glittering late-aughts Berlin.”Hugely entertaining.”—New York Times “Darkly funny, psychologically rich and utterly addictive.”—Megan Abbott, author of Give Me Your Hand

Hoping to escape the pain of the recent murder of her best friend, art student Zoe Beech finds herself studying abroad in the bohemian capital of Europe—Berlin. Rudderless, Zoe relies on the arrangements of fellow exchange student Hailey Mader, who idolizes Warhol and Britney Spears and wants nothing more than to be an art star. 
 
When Hailey stumbles on a posting for a high-ceilinged, prewar sublet by well-known thriller writer Beatrice Becks, the girls snap it up. They soon spend their nights twisting through Berlin’s club scene and their days hungover. But are they being watched? Convinced that Beatrice intends to use their lives as inspiration for her next novel, Hailey vows to craft main-character-worthy personas. They begin hosting a decadent weekly nightclub in the apartment, finally gaining the notoriety they’ve been craving. Everyone wants an invitation to “Beatrice’s.” As the year unravels and events spiral out of control, they begin to wonder whose story they are living—and how it will end.
 

Other People’s Clothes brilliantly illuminates the sometimes dangerous intensity of female friendships, as well as offering an unforgettable window into millennial life and the lengths people will go to in order to eradicate emotional pain.

Review

“Calla Henkel’s
Other People’s Clothes is darkly funny, psychologically rich and utterly addictive. I couldn’t stop turning the pages as this witty, harrowing tale of twisty female friendships, slippery identity and furtive secrets unfolded. This is a debut you won’t want to miss.”

Megan Abbott, author of
Give Me Your Hand
“What a rush! Reading
Other People’s Clothes is like being granted entry to the best party on earth, a night to end all nights with Andy Warhol, Donna Tartt, and Graham Greene on the host committee. Calla Henkel’s young and beautiful buccaneers of Berlin show us how to turn mere fantasies into rocket fuel, how to rearrange reality into a collage of depravity and dopamine hits. Wh​y hit the sack ​when you can live life to the last drop? This book is fun with a capital F.”

Lauren Mechling, author of
How Could She

Other People’s Clothes feels like reading a thriller by your most acerbic friend—the friend you’re not sure you trust but who tells the best jokes and who has the best hair. The tingle of acid is sweetened by a loving look at the hungers that run through young women.”

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of
Harmless Like You and
Starling Days
 
“Full of delicious layers…I felt drunk reading it.”

Emma Jane Unsworth, author of
Grown Ups

“[A] very good plot-driven thriller dressed in a glittery jumpsuit. The story is multilayered, touching on sex, female friendship, queerness, Berlin nightlife, drugs, celebrity culture and art.”

The Guardian (UK)

“Thrilling.”

Cosmopolitan (UK)

 “Fuelled by a creeping sense of unease, this is a wild, energetic gem of a novel that is entirely involving.”

The Daily Mail (UK)

“This darkly glamourous debut novel set in Berlin will mess with your head: Britney Spears. Virginia Woolf. Amanda Knox.
Other People’s Clothes, the debut novel by Berlin-based American writer and artist Calla Henkel (Sceptre), is spiked with references to women whose mental health and sexual relationships have been a source of public speculation, and who have tried – in various ways – to tell their own stories…Truly original,
Other People’s Clothes evokes major moments from 21st century pop culture – from
Unothordox’s fish-out-of-water Berlin setting to the psychological mind games of
Gone Girl and
Behind Her Eyes…Brutal, glamourous and genuinely unpredictable, it will blow y

Other People’s Clothes: A Novel
Other People’s Clothes: A Novel

2,383.00

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