# Catherine House - Paperback

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by **Elisabeth Thomas** (Author)

**"\[A\] delicious literary Gothic debut." -_THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW,_ EDITORS' CHOICE**

**"Moody and evocative as a fever dream, _Catherine House_ is  
the sort of book that wraps itself around your brain, drawing you closer with  
each hypnotic step." - _THE WASHINGTON POST_**

**A Most Anticipated  
Novel by** _**Entertainment  
Weekly**_ **- _New York_ magazine - _Cosmopolitan_ - _The  
Atlantic_** **\- _Forbes_ - _Good  
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\- Buzzfeed - _Newsweek_ - _Harper's Bazaar_ - _Ms._ Magazine  
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**A  
gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite  
university and following a dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate who  
uncovers a shocking secret about an exclusive circle of students . . . and the  
dark truth beneath her school's promise of prestige.**

_**Trust us, you belong here.**_

Catherine  
House is a school of higher learning like no other. Hidden deep in the woods of  
rural Pennsylvania, this crucible of reformist liberal arts study with its  
experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable  
endowment, has produced some of the world's best minds: prize-winning authors,  
artists, inventors, Supreme Court justices, presidents. For those lucky few  
selected, tuition, room, and board are free. But acceptance comes with a price.  
Students are required to give the House three years--summers included--completely  
removed from the outside world. Family, friends, television, music, even their  
clothing must be left behind. In return, the school promises a future of  
sublime power and prestige, and that its graduates can become anything or  
anyone they desire.

Among  
this year's incoming class is Ines Murillo, who expects to trade blurry nights  
of parties, cruel friends, and dangerous men for rigorous intellectual  
discipline--only to discover an environment of sanctioned revelry. Even the  
school's enigmatic director, Viktória, encourages the students to explore, to expand  
their minds, to find themselves within the formidable iron gates of Catherine.  
For Ines, it is the closest thing to a home she's ever had. But the House's  
strange protocols soon make this refuge, with its worn velvet and weathered  
leather, feel increasingly like a gilded prison. And when tragedy strikes, Ines  
begins to suspect that the school--in all its shabby splendor, hallowed history,  
advanced theories, and controlled decadence--might be hiding a dangerous agenda  
within the secretive, tightly knit group of students selected to study its most  
promising and mysterious curriculum.

Combining  
the haunting sophistication and dusky, atmospheric style of Sarah Waters with  
the unsettling isolation of Kazuo Ishiguro's _Never Let Me Go, Catherine  
House_ is a devious, deliciously steamy, and suspenseful page-turner  
with shocking twists and sharp edges that is sure to leave readers breathless.

**Number of Pages:** 336

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN

**Publication Date:** May 18, 2021

## Details

- **Price:** 25.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Gothic, Literary, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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