I'm Thinking of Ending Things: A Novel

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SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM DIRECTED BY CHARLIE KAUFMAN AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 "Im Thinking of Ending Things is one of the best debut novels Ive ever read. Iain Reid has crafted a tight ferocious little book with a persistent tenor of suspense that tightens and mounts toward its visionary harrowing final pages" (Scott Heim award-winning author of Mysterious Skin and We Disappear). You will be scared. But you wont know why Im thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives it stays. It sticks. It lingers. Its always there. Always. Jake once said Sometimes a thought is closer to truth to reality than an action. You can say anything you can do anything but you cant fake a thought. And heres what Im thinking: I dont want to be here. In this smart suspenseful and intense literary thriller debut novelist Iain Reid explores the depths of the human psyche questioning consciousness free will the value of relationships fear and the limitations of solitude. Reminiscent of Jose Saramagos early work Michel Fabers cult classic Under the Skin and Lionel Shrivers We Need to Talk about Kevin Im Thinking of Ending Things is an edgy haunting debut. Tense gripping and atmospheric this novel pulls you in from the very first pageand never lets you go.