Victorian Psycho: 'Jane Eyre meets American Psycho. Sensationally unhinged.’ Sunday Times

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'Jane Eyre meets American Psycho. Gloriously outrageous, sensationally unhinged' SUNDAY TIMES‘Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh-out-loud funny' CATRIONA WARD'Weird and wond erful' LUCY MANGAN, GUARDIANWinifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect Victorian governess. She’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But the longer Winifred spends within the estate’s dreary confines and the more she learns of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds family, the more trouble she has sticking to her plan.Whether creeping across the moonlit lawns in her undergarments or gently tormenting the house staff, Winifred struggles at every turn to stifle the horrid compulsions of her past until her chillingly dark imagination breaches the feeble boundary of reality on Christmas morning. Wielding her signature sardonic wit and a penchant for the gorgeously macabre, Virginia Feito returns with a vengeance in Victorian Psycho. NOW BEING ADAPTED FOR A MAJOR FILM BY A24 What readers are saying… 'Psychotic, strange, utterly hilarious, strangely relatable''Dark, gruesome, hilarious, wild, weird''One hell of a ride. Perfection!''I frequently found myself blindsided, mouth agape, and loved every second of it'Virginia Feito's latest work, Victorian Psycho, is a top-notch psychological thriller that delves into the dark, humorous, and gothic aspects of the Victorian era. This horror novel, filled with Feito's signature black humour, is set to be one of the best in the genre, making it a must pre-order for all fans of literary fiction.For fans of Han Kang (Greek Lessons), Grady Hendrix (How to Sell a Haunted House), Sally Rooney (Beautiful World, Where Are You), Maggie O'Farrell (Hamnet), and Elizabeth Strout (Tell Me Everything).HarperCollins 2025 Show more