Review
Deeply creepy. -- Mark O'Connell ― Irish Times (Books of the Year)
I have been haunted by Come Closersince it first came out more than 15 years ago, and often recommend it to horror fans, so it is great to see it back in print. A short, wickedly sharp tale, elegantly constructed and genuinely disturbing, this take on demonic possession as experienced by a young, happily married, successful female architect in New York still feels contemporary and relevant today. But beware: it is truly nightmarish, and could take up residence in your head. -- Lisa Tuttle ― Guardian
'Harpies, doppelgangers, possessive spirits: once confined to horror writing, these supernatural entities prowl the pages of literary fiction with increasing confidence. In the past couple of years, novelists such as Daisy Johnson, Megan Hunter and Helen Phillips have harnessed them to probe female passions and frustrations, but Sara Gran beat them to it in 2003. Newly reissued, her lean, seductively mean novel Come Closer [is] magentically disturbing.' -- Hephzibah Anderson ― Observer
A dark, seductive cocktail of a thriller, with a splash of black humour and a twist of horror. Come Closer combines the taut suspense of Patricia Highsmith and the acerbic, surreal wit of Ottessa Moshfegh. -- Francine Toon, author of PINE
What begins as a sly fable about frustrated desire evolves into a genuinely scary novel about possession and insanity. Hypnotic, disturbing, and written with such unerring confidence you believe every word, Come Closer is one of the most precise and graceful pieces of fiction I've read in a long time. -- Bret Easton Ellis
Come Closer is riveting, alarming, and deceptively complex. Sara Gran will make you terrified of the little voice lurking inside your own mind that sometimes says, Go ahead, do it. -- Madeline Stevens
Come Closer is sharp and strange and, best of all, at the moment of truth it doesn't flinch from its own mad logic -- Sam Lipsyte
Short, sharp and deliciously, remorselessly nasty; I read it in one compulsive gulp while trying to ignore the slow chills creeping up and down my spine. -- Lucy Caldwell
Sara Gran's COME CLOSER will have you questioning Amanda's reality and mind along with your own, and it will scare the pants off you. It is a perfect horror novel. -- Paul Tremblay
A perfectly noirish tale of madness and love. Author Sara Gran writes with scalpel-like clarity, expertly blending tones to create a new kind of psychological thriller. I loved this book. Days after finishing it, it has not left my mind. -- George Pelecanos
Sara Gran has written an intelligent horror story, a literary creepshow that works its magic subtly and well. It's a marvel of restraint and taste, and still it worms its way under your skin and stays there. -- Darin Strauss
About as twisted as they come. ― CrimeReads
The Yellow Wallpaper meets Rosemary's Baby in a slim, wonderfully eerie novel. ― Kirkus
This ambiguous balancing of the psychological and supernatural creates just the right amount of narrative tension to keep the reader turning pages... Gran demonstrates that an urbane and subtle approach to ideas more often treated with hysteria and flash can still produce a gripping contemporary tale of terror. ― Publishers Weekly
Stunning. ― Los Angeles Review of Books
Book Description
Discover this cult classic, available in the UK for the first time in many years, and step into a world of the dark, bizarre, and unexplained . . .
About the Author
Sara Gran is the author of six previous novels, including Come Closer and her acclaimed crime series starring PI Claire DeWitt. She also writes for film and TV, including 'Southland' and 'Chance', and has published in The New York Times, The New Orleans Times Picayune, and USA Today.
