About the book
Over five summer days in the wealthy Hamptons of Long Island, Emma Cline's second novel follows Alex, a 22-year-old who has been working as an escort in New York City. She is staying with Simon, a man of 55, until a misjudgment at a social event and damage to his car lead him to send her off with a one-way ticket back to the city. Instead Alex stays on, determined to reach Simon's Labor Day party and win him back. With a couple of changes of clothes and a faulty phone, she leans on strangers for meals and a place to sleep. Random House published it in the United States in 2023.
Dua Lipa called it eerily beautiful and said nearly every page left her with questions, noting that the story covers a single week and reveals almost nothing about Alex.
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My Monthly Read for January is the eerily beautiful The Guest by Emma Cline. Every page of this book raised so many questions for me! The story takes place over just one week, during which we learn almost nothing about the young protagonist Alex. We never leave a small affluent area of what we assume is Long Island.
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