Synopsis
Lottie Moggach's thrilling Kiss Me First is the inspiration for the major Channel 4 and Netflix TV series from the co-author of Skins, Bryan Elsey.
Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.
Teenage identity in the digital age is explored in this innovative, unsettling and powerful coming-of-age story about a life lived online.
Sheltered and obsessive, Leila spends more time online than in the real world. So she seems like the ideal person to take over the virtual identity of the vivacious and fragile Tess, who wants to disappear. But even with all the facts at her fingertips, there are things that Leila can't possibly know about Tess – or herself – until it is too late . . .
Details
04 July 2013
256 pages
9781447238065
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
“Kiss Me First has deft, expert writing, a startlingly original plot, and two central characters – cerebral, sheltered, obsessive Leila and charismatic, unstable Tess – who leap off the page. This is a dark, disturbing, needle-sharp exploration of how the internet age is transforming our idea of reality and identity”Tana French, author of In the Woods
“Riveting and thought-provoking, Kiss Me First is the intelligent novel of the social media age I’ve been waiting for”Emma Chapman, author of How To Be a Good Wife
“Witty, suspenseful, satirical and bold. A Patricia Highsmith for the Facebook age”Polly Samson, author of Perfect Lives
“I was gripped from the first page, moved throughout, and swallowed the book whole”Erin Kelly, author of The Poison Tree
