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.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ghost story
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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
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
dark comedy
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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
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sex worker ⓘ |
| marketedAs | novella ⓘ |
| narrativeFeature |
first-person narration
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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
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Gone Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharp Objects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary United States ⓘ |
| standalonePublicationYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| theme |
ambiguity of the supernatural
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deception ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ identity ⓘ manipulation ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | Gillian Flynn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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