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A New Kind of Clean
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Haunting philosophical horror about what one aspiring actress is willing to surrender in exchange for making her dreams come true—a groundbreaking collaboration from the author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things and the filmmaker of Our Father, the Devil
For years, Missy Djalo has been running from audition to audition, no closer to her dream of playing Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream—and no further from her troubled memories of her fractured relationship with her Cameroonian mother. Missy is broke and desperate when she gets called for an audition by a cryptic company called Air Free. Could this be her long-awaited break?
From the moment Missy walks through the door of Air Free’s beautiful house and meets the charismatic couple that inhabits it, she’s already auditioning—though she doesn’t know it, or even understand what she’s auditioning for. As she journeys deeper into the house, the limits of reality and fantasy become increasingly blurred. What will Missy have to forfeit for her dream? Her privacy, her relationships, her individuality, her memories—even her identity?
Told in spare, hypnotic prose, A New Kind of Clean is a surreal, minimalist fable about memory, alienation, ambition, and reality.
For years, Missy Djalo has been running from audition to audition, no closer to her dream of playing Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream—and no further from her troubled memories of her fractured relationship with her Cameroonian mother. Missy is broke and desperate when she gets called for an audition by a cryptic company called Air Free. Could this be her long-awaited break?
From the moment Missy walks through the door of Air Free’s beautiful house and meets the charismatic couple that inhabits it, she’s already auditioning—though she doesn’t know it, or even understand what she’s auditioning for. As she journeys deeper into the house, the limits of reality and fantasy become increasingly blurred. What will Missy have to forfeit for her dream? Her privacy, her relationships, her individuality, her memories—even her identity?
Told in spare, hypnotic prose, A New Kind of Clean is a surreal, minimalist fable about memory, alienation, ambition, and reality.
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“Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of A New Kind of Clean, a "surreal, minimalist fable about memory, alienation, ambition, and reality." This book was unsettling and creepy. I found myself unable to put it down in the odd hours of the deepest night. I liked no-nonsense punchy Missy who, despite being in a dire situation of necessity and desperation, did her best to stand grounded in reality as her weird audition turned surreal and unhinged. How far will she go to get this acting role and the huge paycheck? I liked the minimal yet evocative writing style. In it's own way, this book reminded me of the movie The Substance while being nothing like it at the same time.
I would have liked it to be a bit longer with more in depth information on the company, Air Free... but this is just personal curiosity and doesn't hinder my rating overall. It is effective to leave it to the reader's imagination.”
“I fucking love Iain Reid. Mind melting. Excellent.”
About Iain Reid
Iain Reid is the author of five books, including his New York Times bestselling debut novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things, which has been translated into more than twenty languages. Oscar winner Charlie Kaufman wrote and directed the film adaptation for Netflix. His second novel, Foe, was adapted for film, starring Saoirse Ronan, with Reid co-writing the screenplay. His latest novel, We Spread, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award and also published internationally.
Ellie Foumbi is an award-winning Cameroonian American filmmaker with an MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from Columbia University's School of the Arts. Her debut feature, Our Father, the Devil, premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It went on to screen at over 50 international film festivals, winning 36 prizes, including the audience award at the Tribeca Film Festival. It received universal critical acclaim, including Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award Nominations. It now lives on the Criterion Channel and Canal+ internationally. She's an alumna of Berlinale Talents and a BAFTA Breakthrough USA Fellow.
Ellie Foumbi is an award-winning Cameroonian American filmmaker with an MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from Columbia University's School of the Arts. Her debut feature, Our Father, the Devil, premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It went on to screen at over 50 international film festivals, winning 36 prizes, including the audience award at the Tribeca Film Festival. It received universal critical acclaim, including Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award Nominations. It now lives on the Criterion Channel and Canal+ internationally. She's an alumna of Berlinale Talents and a BAFTA Breakthrough USA Fellow.
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