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Tangerine

by Christine Mangan

Length 9 hours 28 minutes

Language English

Narrators Barrie Kreinik & Erin Mallon

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Bookseller recommendation

“Tangerine is one of the best debut novels I've read in a long time. Thanks to her exquisite writing, Christine Mangan manages to create a lush, vivid picture of Tangier in the 1950s and bring to life a complicated and very dark friendship between two young women. Lucy and Alice are former college roommates whose relationship has long since gone sour. When they reunite in Tangier, Mangan milks the delicious tension for all it's worth and brings their story to a shocking conclusion. This book is an absolute stunner!”
— Erika VanDam • RoscoeBooks

Bookseller recommendation

“A hauntingly horrific debut novel with hints of a Hitchcockian twist, “Tangerine” by Christine Mangan is the tragic tale of 1950’s socialite Alice Shipley and her destitute friend, Lucy Mason, college roommates forever damaged by one dark and stormy night. One year later, a lucky Lucy finds a frail Alice self-medicating in Morocco with a free-loading husband by her side, desperately fighting the demons threatening her descent into madness. Could Lucy be Alice’s lucky charm and her missing link to an exciting life exploring the world without restraint or is she the manipulative mastermind determined to destroy Alice’s life once again?”
— Kristin • McLean & Eakin Booksellers

Bookseller recommendation

“Set in Morocco in the 50s, this dark tale of college roommates reads like a noir thriller. Haunting, atmospheric, and reminiscent of Single White Female.”
— Sarah • A Great Good Place for Books

Bookseller recommendation

“Tangerine is a tightly woven psychological thriller set in 1950s Morocco. Are the characters, Alice and Lucy, best friends or lovers? Are they obsessed, depressed, or have either, or both, crossed the line into madness? I'm still trying to figure out the answers! Fans of Hitchcock will like this book. The two audio book readers were spot on for their parts which made listening to this book extra rich and fantastic!”
— Mryna • Content

Bookseller recommendation

“A taut psychological thriller set against the lush landscape of Tangier in the 1950’s. When Lucy hears the news that her estranged best friend from college has moved to Tangier with her new husband, she books a ticket to follow her. They haven’t spoken since ‘the accident’, but maybe that’s all water under the bridge? Tangerine is a compelling mystery that explores the dynamics of social boundaries, friendship, and identity and will certainly keep you on the edge of your seat the whole way through.”
— Noelle • Oblong Books

Summary
About the author

The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. After the accident at Bennington, the two friends—once inseparable roommates—haven’t spoken in over a year. But there Lucy was, trying to make things right and return to their old rhythms. Perhaps Alice should be happy. She has not adjusted to life in Morocco, too afraid to venture out into the bustling medinas and oppressive heat. Lucy—always fearless and independent—helps Alice emerge from her flat and explore the country.

But soon a familiar feeling starts to overtake Alice—she feels controlled and stifled by Lucy at every turn. Then Alice’s husband, John, goes missing, and Alice starts to question everything around her: her relationship with her enigmatic friend, her decision to ever come to Tangier, and her very own state of mind.

Tangerine is a sharp dagger of an audiobook—a debut so tightly wound, so replete with exotic imagery and charm, so full of precise details and extraordinary craftsmanship, it will leave you absolutely breathless.

Optioned for film by George Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures, with Scarlett Johansson to star.

Fiction Mystery & Thriller Fiction - Literary

Christine Mangan has her PhD in English from University College Dublin, where her thesis focused on 18^th-century Gothic literature, and an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Southern Maine. Tangerine is her first novel.