The Party

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**Elizabeth Days new novel Magpie is available to pre-order now.**

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR

A gripping story of betrayal, privilege and hypocrisy, set in the unassailable heart of the British establishment.

A terrifying, hilarious, brilliantly written original with a wit to die for Phoebe Waller-Bridge
As the train pressed on, I realised that my life was in the process of taking a different direction, plotted according to a new constellation. Because, although I didn't know it yet, I was about to meet Ben and nothing would ever be the same again.

Martin Gilmour is an outsider. When he wins a scholarship to Burtonbury School, he doesnt wear the right clothes or speak with the right kind of accent. But then he meets the dazzling, popular and wealthy Ben Fitzmaurice, and gains admission to an exclusive world. Soon Martin is enjoying tennis parties and Easter egg hunts at the Fitzmaurice familys estate, as Ben becomes the brother he never had.

But Martin has a secret. He knows something about Ben, something he will never tell. It is a secret that will bind the two of them together for the best part of 25 years.

At Bens 40th birthday party, the great and the good of British society are gathering to celebrate in a haze of champagne, drugs and glamour. Amid the hundreds of guests the politicians, the celebrities, the old-money and newly rich Martin once again feels that disturbing pang of not-quite belonging. His wife, Lucy, has her reservations too. There is disquiet in the air. But Ben wouldnt do anything to damage their friendship.

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Think Brideshead Revisited meets The Talented Mr Ripley with a dash of The Riot Club. I couldn't put it down Louise ONeill, author of Asking For It

An exhilarating and gripping psychological thriller about obsession, betrayal, jealousy and class distinctions. Elizabeth Days writing is impeccable, suspenseful and clever. I couldnt put this down! Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Superb clever, gripping, psychologically acute Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us

What will probably be my book of the year I loved it Sinead Crowley, Irish Independent

'Fast out of the traps, compelling and infinitely believable: but what really got me about The Party was the writing. Stunning' Susie Steiner, author of Missing, Presumed

A well-paced slow-burner of a literary thriller think Donna Tartts The Secret History or Alan Hollinghursts The Line of Beauty The Party is a gripping page-turner Observer

Devious, witty, thrilling' Refinery 29

Skilfully constructed, suspenseful narrative Its a smart, wittily written riff on class, privilege and power Mail on Sunday

Echoes of The Secret History and The Talented Mr Ripley thrum through Elizabeth Days pacey fourth novel jolly fun Sunday Times

'A sharp, stylish and witty as the perfect guest. Beware: you'll be up far too late Lucie Whitehouse, author of Before We Met

Elizabeth Day's latest novel is sinister and seductive and nothing short of breathtaking Francesca Seagal, author of The Innocents

This is a dark and compelling book of lifelong obsessions, jealousies and neuroses I left this book wanting to read more of Days other work Guardian

I cant recommend it highly enough Aine Toner, Womens Way

The Party is a compelling read, but its a lot more than a page turner We may have seen a hundred stories like this on the news, but Elizabeth Days perfectly pitched dialogue and vivid prose brings it all to life Catherine Chanter, author of The Well

Author Bio

Elizabeth Day is the author of four novels and Sunday Times bestelling memoir, How to Fail. Her acclaimed debut Scissors, Paper, Stone won a Betty Trask Award and Home Fires was an Observer book of the year. Her third, Paradise City, was named one of the best novels of 2015 in the Evening Standard, and The Party was an Amazon bestseller and a Richard & Judy bookclub pick. She is also an award-winning journalist and has written extensively for The Times, the Telegraph, the Guardian, the Observer, Harper's Bazaar and Elle. She is currently a columnist for the Mail on Sunday's You magazine and host of the iTunes chart-topping podcast, How To Fail With Elizabeth Day.