The New York Times stated that the book was exhilaratingly perverse, luring us into the lives of characters simultaneously repellent and seductive. This is a story told by a jailed pedophile in his 23rd year in a maximum security prison. He's there after brutally raping and murdering a young girl named Alice. His correspondence from jail with a 19 year old girl who writes to him about her lust for and seduction of a 12 year old boy.
Best known for her controversial novels featuring extreme situations and characters, A.M. Homes discusses her most recent book, The Unfolding, and her remarkable career authoring thirteen extraordinarily original books.