Victorian Psycho: A Novel [Hardcover]

Virginia Feitos Vandalism and lechery are among the milder affronts that occur on Winifreds watch, and her narration, though sombre, sparkles. 'It fascinates me,' Winifred reflects, 'that humans have the capacity to mortally wound one another at will, but for the most part, choose not to.' [ Winifred might be the smartest, wittiest and most brutal psychopath to grace the pages of a comedy of manners that turns into a horror show  all in an age rife with repression. Dear Reader, if you crave an exquisitely unhinged novel, look no further. Within these pages, you'll find simmering rage, aristocrats behaving badly and more than a little murder& Virginia Feito choreographs a literary waltz of intrusive thoughts and vile actions  I found it impossible to put down. This book will be the bloody belle of the 2025 literary ball; preorder now! Deliciously macabre. A deliciously devious new book. Virginia Feito distills all the 19th century horror tropes you can remember into one witty and addictive mad-governess tale. A slender novel that, if you squeeze it too tight, drips blood. But its the kind of blood that makes you smile. The violence in here is glorious, is over-the-top, is balletic and frenetic and righteous. But it never forgets to be sticky and disturbing, either . . . Go on, wade into this one. But bring your . . . your whatever rubber boots were called back in Dickens-times: Virginia Feito knows. Im pretty sure she had to wear them, to write this. A considerable wave of hype has grown around A murderous woman dropped into a gothic novel is a recipe for delightfully disturbing and grimly comedic bloodshed . . . Fans of gothic literature who dont mind gruesome deaths will savor watching Winifred go beyond simply eating the rich in this seemingly by-the-book gothic story that subverts some of the genres conventions. A twisted, bloodthirsty governess celebrates Christmas with her new employers. Where ironic horror and horrific irony meet, this unbri