Idol

'IDOL is fresh, glamorous, and surprising, taking an issue we all care about and with a deft twist, recalibrating our position. It dazzles us before revealing the darkness at its heart. Louise O'Neill is not afraid to take on a taboo but somehow always makes it utterly compelling. This is such an exciting book.' Marian Keyes

'Follow your heart and speak your truth.'

For Samantha Miller's young fans, she's everything they want to be. She's an oracle, telling them how to be their best, true selves. With three million followers and a recent number one bestseller, Sam is more influential than ever.

Determined to bare all to her adoring fans, she's written an essay about her sexual awakening as a teenager with her female best friend, Lisa. She's never told a soul, now she's telling the world. The essay goes viral.

But then - years since they last spoke - Lisa gets in touch to say that her memory of that night is far darker. It's Sam's word against Lisa's - so whose 'truth' is really a lie?

'You put yourself on that pedestal, Samantha. You only have yourself to blame.'

An absolute page turner; addictive and refreshingly twisted.

Cecelia Ahern

About Louise O'Neill

Louise O'Neill grew up in Clonakilty, a small town in West Cork, Ireland. Her first novel, Only Ever Yours, was released in 2014 and won the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, the Eilís Dillon Award for a First Book and the Bookseller's inaugural YA Book Prize. Her second novel, Asking For It, was published in September 2015 to widespread critical acclaim. It spent 52 consecutive weeks in the Irish top 10 bestseller list. Both novels have been optioned for screen.

Louise's first novel for adults, Almost Love, was published in 2018, followed shortly by The Surface Breaks, her feminist re-imagining of The Little Mermaid. Her second novel for adults, After the Silence, was published in 2020 and was an instant bestseller in Ireland. It won Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and has also been optioned for screen. Idol is her third adult novel.

Louise contributes regularly to Irish TV and radio, and has a weekly column in the Irish Sunday Times.
Details
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781804990865
  • Length: 320 pages
  • Dimensions: 196mm x 19mm x 126mm
  • Weight: 220g
  • Price: £8.99
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