The Grownup

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The Grownup is a darkly comic psychological thriller novella by Gillian Flynn that blends ghost-story elements with an unreliable narrator and twisty suspense.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ghost story
novella
psychological thriller
author Gillian Flynn NERFINISHED
award Edgar Award for Best Short Story NERFINISHED
awardYear 2015
basedOn What Do You Do? NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre dark comedy
ghost story
horror fiction
psychological thriller
hasTone darkly comic
hasTwistEnding true
hasUnreliableNarrator true
isbn10 0804188976
isbn13 9780804188975
language English
literaryCategory adult fiction
mainCharacterOccupation scam psychic
sex worker
marketedAs novella
narrativeFeature first-person narration
plot twist
unreliable narrator
originalPublicationContext Rogues anthology
originalPublicationEditor Gardner Dozois NERFINISHED
George R. R. Martin NERFINISHED
originalPublicationYear 2014
originalTitle What Do You Do? NERFINISHED
pageCount 64
publicationType standalone edition
publisher Crown Publishing Group NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByAuthor Dark Places NERFINISHED
Gone Girl NERFINISHED
Sharp Objects NERFINISHED
setting contemporary United States
standalonePublicationYear 2015
theme ambiguity of the supernatural
deception
family dysfunction
identity
manipulation
workByAuthor Gillian Flynn NERFINISHED

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Gillian Flynn shortStory The Grownup
Gillian Flynn wrote The Grownup