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Sadie Sink to star in Emma Cline's The Guest

Sadie Sink is in talks to star in an adaptation of Emma Cline’s The Guest, from writer-director Lorene Scafaria.

BANG Premier · Oct 10

Switzy by Emma Cline review – this Booker-listed account of a man’s last days is profoundly moving

Struggling with Alzheimer’s, the central character sets out on his final journey to a euthanasia clinic

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31

The Booker Prize shortlist 2026: Full list of six books and where to buy them

The long-awaited Booker shortlist has been announced – here’s what novels have made the coveted list and what they are about

Evening Standard · Jul 28

The ultimate summer reading list: 15 crime thrillers and mysteries to keep you guessing

From Mick Herron’s Slow Horses and Ian Rankin’s Rebus to new books from Bret Easton Ellis and Emma Cline, your beach reads are sorted courtesy of Guardian Australia’s staff and critics

The Guardian - AU · Jan 7, 2024

Top of the List: the best things to watch, read and cook in Australia this weekend

In a new weekly column, the team behind pop culture newsletter Saved for Later recommend their latest and/or forthcoming obsessions

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2023

The best new books released in May, as selected by avid readers and critics

A beautiful grifter, a defiant prodigy and a political prisoner star in this month’s best books, which our critics describe variously as "utterly engaging", "beguiling" and "profound".

ABC News · May 26, 2023

A minor tragedy among the 1% – in The Guest, Emma Cline gives an outsider's view of a culture of extreme wealth

Early in Emma Cline’s new novel The Guest, her protagonist Alex is introduced to the unspoken assumptions that govern the wealthy enclave on Long Island where she is spending the summer. Her significantly older boyfriend Simon has taken her to a beach and thoughtlessly kicks off his shoes near the…

The Conversation · May 18, 2023

The Guest by Emma Cline: one of the hottest books of the summer

In her first novel since The Girls, Emma Cline applies her literary gifts to the story of a young escort hustling at hotels — and being exploited herself

Evening Standard · May 16, 2023

‘I was a bad child actor. Extremely bad’: Emma Cline on the follow up to her hit novel The Girls

The novelist talks about the power of being an outsider, growing up in a family of seven siblings – and exploring the Hamptons in her first novel since her Manson-inspired bestseller

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2023

The Guest by Emma Cline review – strange depths and an arresting originality

The Girls author’s smart, menacing tale of a young female serial deceiver succeeds as a treatise on sex and alienation and an engrossing beach read

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023