Due for release: 2 Mar 27
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A Guest in the House
£14.99
Abby is settling into married life: making coffee, cooking for David and her stepdaughter Crystal, spending evenings curled up together in front of the TV. For a quiet woman without many friends, she's proud of the life she has built, and desperately wants to believe they will all be happy. But what really happened to Crystal's mother, the artist who no-one speaks of? What secrets does their strange house by the water harbour, and what of Abby's old dreams and fears, of Lady Grey, the Knight and the Dragons?
ISBN: 9780571355464
- Page Count 256
- Format Paperback
- Age Range N/A
- Published 13/03/2025
A New York Times' Notable Book of 2023
Winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics
Winner of the Lammy Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Comic
Winner of the The Doug Wright Award for Best Book
'Carroll's voice is unique and powerful and I, for one, am addicted.'
GUILLERMO DEL TORO
'Carroll's talent is immense.'
Observer, Graphic Novel of the Month
'Carroll knows when to shock on the turn of a page and when to leave her horrors lurking'
Independent
'Carroll has a mainline to the reader's psychic pressure points, the kind of fears and phobias that go all the way back to the cave.'
Irish Times
A contemporary gothic horror and comics classic, perfect for fans of Stephen King, Stranger Things and The Haunting of Hill House.
I used to dream of Dragons. . .
Abby is settling into married life: making coffee, cooking for David and her stepdaughter Crystal, spending evenings curled up together in front of the TV. For a quiet woman without many friends, she's proud of the life she has built, and desperately wants to believe they will all be happy.
But what really happened to Crystal's mother, the artist who no-one speaks of? What secrets does their strange house by the water harbour, and what of Abby's old dreams and fears, of Lady Grey, the Knight and the Dragons?
In their chilling return - a story of grief, ghosts, and the struggle to be true to oneself - E.M. Carroll casts another unforgettable spell.
The stories Carroll creates have a deep, literary-grounded feel but they are entirely original. Their voice is unique and powerful and I, for one, am addicted to it.
Guillermo Del Toro
Mind-bending . . . a taut, toothy drama that serves as both a rumination on bereavement and a chillingly muted psychological horror. [...] All of this is elevated by by Carroll's art, which spans from kitchen sink clarity to baroque fantasia, without ever sacrificing the churning emotional reality that makes it one of the best reads of the year.
Irish Times, 'The Best Graphic Novels of 2023'
Vividly drawn and masterfully plotted.
Observer, Graphic Novel of the Month
'This is not what you'd call a love story. It's more a slow peeling back of secrets and the people who keep them. one after another, until. the final, wrenching secret of all . . . The darkening evenings of autumn approach, which is the perfect time to read A Guest in the House and discover that some things are very old indeed. Older even, you suspect, than graphic storytelling-and certainly more wicked.'
Prospect Magazine, GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH
Cunning, twisty plotting fuels intense and expressive fantasmagoria blended with powerfully understated, almost documentarian narrative illustration . . . In the end it's all-beguiling moments clouding the big question: is this materialised internal monologue or actual spiritual infestation? Chilling and unforgettable, this is a summer storm that demands your full attention.
Comics Review
The master, I die for their books.
Kate Beaton
A gorgeous looking book, playful in form, and alternating between long passages of black and white and sudden, dazzling splashes of colour. Adventurous and accessible, this is a darkly delicious treat.
SFX
Carroll has a mainline to the reader's psychic pressure points, the kind of fears and phobias that go all the way back to the cave.
Irish Times
Guillermo Del Toro
Mind-bending . . . a taut, toothy drama that serves as both a rumination on bereavement and a chillingly muted psychological horror. [...] All of this is elevated by by Carroll's art, which spans from kitchen sink clarity to baroque fantasia, without ever sacrificing the churning emotional reality that makes it one of the best reads of the year.
Irish Times, 'The Best Graphic Novels of 2023'
Vividly drawn and masterfully plotted.
Observer, Graphic Novel of the Month
'This is not what you'd call a love story. It's more a slow peeling back of secrets and the people who keep them. one after another, until. the final, wrenching secret of all . . . The darkening evenings of autumn approach, which is the perfect time to read A Guest in the House and discover that some things are very old indeed. Older even, you suspect, than graphic storytelling-and certainly more wicked.'
Prospect Magazine, GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH
Cunning, twisty plotting fuels intense and expressive fantasmagoria blended with powerfully understated, almost documentarian narrative illustration . . . In the end it's all-beguiling moments clouding the big question: is this materialised internal monologue or actual spiritual infestation? Chilling and unforgettable, this is a summer storm that demands your full attention.
Comics Review
The master, I die for their books.
Kate Beaton
A gorgeous looking book, playful in form, and alternating between long passages of black and white and sudden, dazzling splashes of colour. Adventurous and accessible, this is a darkly delicious treat.
SFX
Carroll has a mainline to the reader's psychic pressure points, the kind of fears and phobias that go all the way back to the cave.
Irish Times
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