The Suicide Club

The Suicide Club

by RhysThomas (Author)

Synopsis

Craig Bartlett-Taylor was always trying to kill himself, but when he took an overdose at the back of Mrs Kenna's classroom, Richie thought he'd finally succeeded: it was a real-life Worst Case Scenario. But then the new kid, Freddy, steps in and saves Craig's life, and for Richie the lure of this mysterious newcomer is irresistible. Freddy is like nobody Richie has ever met. Dark, sardonic and dangerous, he gives flight to Richie's imagination, introducing him to a way of life he'd never thought possible. But when a night-time prank goes gut-wrenchingly wrong, Richie begins to question Freddy's motives, and all too soon he finds himself committed to a sinister pact, with inescapably tragic consequences. It's true that Freddy saved a life - but could he take one, too? With great wit and an unflinching eye for the muddle and drama of adolescence, The Suicide Club is a pitch-perfect portrait of teenage disaffection that sets boy against boy, imagination against reason - and, ultimately, life against death.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 12 Feb 2009

ISBN 10: 0385614721
ISBN 13: 9780385614726
Book Overview: A group of teenagers comes under the influence of a charismatic outsider and signs a suicide pact, in a riveting and timely debut novel about teenage disaffection and its deadly consequences.

Media Reviews
Rhys Thomas shakes concepts of normality to the core. It is a challenge indeed for an author to capture authentic teenage dialogue, and [this is] compelling subject matter. Independent on Sunday Something of a SECRET HISTORY set among 15 year-olds, THE SUICIDE CLUB by Rhys Thomas is a riveting and often moving read centred around a group of disaffected teenagers who, under the guidance of a manipulative leader, decide to embark on a suicide pact. The narrator's voice compels the narrative - he's a hugely likeable character - and while it's yet another debut British novel about a precocious teenager, this is the best of its type that I've read in a long while. I'll be very interested to see what Thomas writes next. John Boyne
Author Bio
Rhys Thomas lives in Wales. He is thirty-one years old. THE SUICIDE CLUB is his first novel.