Everything you need to know about Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
As a film adaption of Eileen hits cinemas, here’s our guide to the book, the author, her influences and accolades
Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh was born in Boston Massachusetts and is an American author and novelist
Her work includes McGlue (2014); Eileen (2016), which was awarded the 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award and shortlisted for the 2016 Booker Prize; Homesick for Another World (2017); and My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018), which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.
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In this taut psychological thriller from Ottessa Moshfegh, a young woman is pushed into complicity in a crime that surpasses her wildest imaginings.
