I still remember the emotional gut punch of reading Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go for the first time, and likewise the fascination I had with Donna Tartt and The Secret History – way back when that was her only novel and Lit students thought she was cool because she was friends with Bret Easton Ellis. Oh the late Nineties/early Aughts. I found Catherine House to be an atmospheric hybrid of both. Told from the point of view of Ines, a young woman running away from some tough experiences […]
The Secret History Meets Never Let Me Go…
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas