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Violence
Some
Implied violence; a missing woman
Language
Some
Strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual references
Substance Use
Some
Drug use; heavy drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Unreliable narrator; disturbing psychology; the banality of a possible murderer
What this book is about
Faulks's 2007 psychological thriller follows Mike Engleby, an unreliable narrator who describes his Cambridge years in the 1970s, where a student named Jennifer Arkland disappears and Engleby may have had something to do with it. Features strong language and drug use. For adults.
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Psychological thriller
Unreliable narrator
Strong language
Drug use
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