Bad Influence
The EXPLOSIVE, twisty, darkly funny new thriller that EVERYONE is talking about⊠Two bored, obsessed teenagers break into and secretly live in influencersâ houses. But when they choose the wrong home, their twisted experiment turns deadly. A darkly funny, breathtakingly tense thriller from âthe most original writer in Britainâ (Daily Express)⊠Two bored, obsessed teenagers break into and secretly live in influencersâ houses. But when they choose the wrong home, their twisted experiment turns deadly. A darkly funny, breathtakingly tense thriller from âthe most original writer in Britainâ (Daily Express)⊠âWill Carver uses his unique voice to skewer the vacuous world of wannabe influencers and reality TV ⊠a savage, scathing, compelling but deeply funny take-down of a fake, narcissistic world. Totally on point and enormous fun!â Trevor Wood âA smart, stylish writerâ Daily Mail âWill Carver follows Kill Them With Kindness with another satirical look at the world we live in and he does it brilliantly ⊠captures the zeitgeist of 21st-century culture and I cannot wait to see where he goes nextâ Michael Wood âââââ Alyssa wants to be seen. Less wants to be someone. She takes two buses to class, posts pictures of her lunch, and pretends itâs all effortless. He hides his privilege beneath thrifted clothes and a sketchbook full of impossible designs. Together, they are inseparable, two outsiders constructing a version of themselves the world might finally applaud. Then Alyssa stumbles upon the hidden world of phrogging â living unnoticed inside other peopleâs homes. She and Less slip through Los Angelesâ glossy veneer: influencers, producers, pop stars, all so busy performing their perfect lives they donât notice the shadows in their attics, the scratching in their walls. An act of rebellion. A harmless thrill. A social experiment. Until they choose the wrong house. Until the influencer they idolise catches them in the act. Until the cameras, already rolling, capture everything. What begins as a reckless adventure becomes a nightmare of lies, power and the cost of visibility. Bad Influence is a breathtakingly tense, darkly funny thriller about the lives we curate, the secrets we hide, and the monsters made by the need to be seen. âââââ Praise for Will Carver âOne of the most exciting authors in Britainâ Daily Express âIncredibly dark and very funnyâ Harriet Tyce âUnlike anything youâll read this yearâ Heat âImpossibly original, stylish, sinister and heartfeltâ Chris Whitaker âWeirdly page-turningâ Sunday Times âAmbitious, dark and funnyâ Mike Gayle âA highly original state-of-the-nation novelâLiterary Review âArguably the most original crime novel published this yearâ Independent âMesmericâ Guardian âMemorable for its unrepentant darknessâŠâ Telegraph âPerceptive and twisted in equal measureâ CultureFly âUnflinching, blunt and brutalâ Sam Holland âEqually enthralling and appallingâ James Oswald âOne of the most compelling and original voices in crime fictionâ Alex North âBrilliantly originalâ Sam Holland âClever, compelling, funnyâ Daily Mail âSuperbly paced and remarkably inventive, a book that demands to be read in a single sittingâ M.W. Craven âDelightfully dark and wickedly inventiveâ S.J. Watson âMulti-layered and masterfully writtenâ Heat magazine Book of the Month
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The EXPLOSIVE, twisty, darkly funny new thriller that EVERYONE is talking about⊠Two bored, obsessed teenagers break into and secretly live in influencersâ houses. But when they choose the wrong home, their twisted experiment turns deadly. A darkly funny, breathtakingly tense thriller from âthe most original writer in Britainâ (Daily Express)⊠Two bored, obsessed teenagers break into and secretly live in influencersâ houses. But when they choose the wrong home, their twisted experiment turns deadly. A darkly funny, breathtakingly tense thriller from âthe most original writer in Britainâ (Daily Express)⊠âWill Carver uses his unique voice to skewer the vacuous world of wannabe influencers and reality TV ⊠a savage, scathing, compelling but deeply funny take-down of a fake, narcissistic world. Totally on point and enormous fun!â Trevor Wood âA smart, stylish writerâ Daily Mail âWill Carver follows Kill Them With Kindness with another satirical look at the world we live in and he does it brilliantly ⊠captures the zeitgeist of 21st-century culture and I cannot wait to see where he goes nextâ Michael Wood âââââ Alyssa wants to be seen. Less wants to be someone. She takes two buses to class, posts pictures of her lunch, and pretends itâs all effortless. He hides his privilege beneath thrifted clothes and a sketchbook full of impossible designs. Together, they are inseparable, two outsiders constructing a version of themselves the world might finally applaud. Then Alyssa stumbles upon the hidden world of phrogging â living unnoticed inside other peopleâs homes. She and Less slip through Los Angelesâ glossy veneer: influencers, producers, pop stars, all so busy performing their perfect lives they donât notice the shadows in their attics, the scratching in their walls. An act of rebellion. A harmless thrill. A social experiment. Until they choose the wrong house. Until the influencer they idolise catches them in the act. Until the cameras, already rolling, capture everything. What begins as a reckless adventure becomes a nightmare of lies, power and the cost of visibility. Bad Influence is a breathtakingly tense, darkly funny thriller about the lives we curate, the secrets we hide, and the monsters made by the need to be seen. âââââ Praise for Will Carver âOne of the most exciting authors in Britainâ Daily Express âIncredibly dark and very funnyâ Harriet Tyce âUnlike anything youâll read this yearâ Heat âImpossibly original, stylish, sinister and heartfeltâ Chris Whitaker âWeirdly page-turningâ Sunday Times âAmbitious, dark and funnyâ Mike Gayle âA highly original state-of-the-nation novelâLiterary Review âArguably the most original crime novel published this yearâ Independent âMesmericâ Guardian âMemorable for its unrepentant darknessâŠâ Telegraph âPerceptive and twisted in equal measureâ CultureFly âUnflinching, blunt and brutalâ Sam Holland âEqually enthralling and appallingâ James Oswald âOne of the most compelling and original voices in crime fictionâ Alex North âBrilliantly originalâ Sam Holland âClever, compelling, funnyâ Daily Mail âSuperbly paced and remarkably inventive, a book that demands to be read in a single sittingâ M.W. Craven âDelightfully dark and wickedly inventiveâ S.J. Watson âMulti-layered and masterfully writtenâ Heat magazine Book of the Month
