‘Disturbing and powerful … I loved it’ Leila Slimani, author of Lullaby
Lullaby meets Little Fires Everywhere, this intense, suspenseful novel explores the darker side of human nature - and the terrible things people are capable of.
Everything started one Saturday in July…
Anna and Constant Guillot and their two daughters live in the remote mountain village of Carmac. Everyone in Carmac knows each other, and most of the residents are alike – that is until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois arrive with their three children.
The new family’s impressive chalet and expensive cars are in stark contrast with the modesty of those of their neighbours, yet despite their initial differences, the Langlois and the Guillots form an uneasy friendship. But when both families come under financial strain, the underlying class and racial tensions of their relationship reach breaking point, and the unthinkable happens.
With piercing psychological insight and gripping storytelling, People Like Them asks the question: how can a seemingly ordinary person commit the most brutal of crimes? And how could their loved ones ever come to terms with what they had done?
