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‘A subtle, claustrophobic, seduction of a novel’ CLAIRE FULLER
‘Hypnotic and immersive … Utterly addictive’ COLIN WALSH
‘A hugely talented writer’ SARAH WATERS
‘Sexy, evocative and unsettling in all the best ways’ JENNIE GODFREY

Ruby has spent her twenties scraping by in unfulfilling jobs. But now she’s tasting her first success as a film director – and she’s caught the eye of Ellen, an iconoclastic feminist filmmaker, critical darling and Ruby’s idol.

When Ellen invites Ruby down to her sprawling country house and offers to mentor her through writing her next film, Ruby can’t believe her luck. Arriving in the middle of an oppressive heat wave, she is overawed by the glamour of the house – and finds herself quickly drawn into the middle of a dangerous dynamic between Ellen and her elusive daughter Lara.

Because Ellen and Lara, it seems, like to play games with promising young women. As tensions escalate, Ruby begins to ask herself: why was she brought here, and what exactly do these two women want from her?

Give Me Everything You’ve Got is the incendiary new novel from Imogen Crimp: a fearless, sultry and deliciously dark exploration of art, power and sex that grips to the final page.

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A subtle, claustrophobic, seduction of a novel. I loved its dreamy, hazy surface, and its uncomfortable undertow — CLAIRE FULLER, author of the Costa Prize winning Unsettled Ground Hypnotic and immersive, dreamlike and ferociously paced … a novel in which every sunlit surface pulses with menace and dread. Utterly addictive — COLIN WALSH, author of Kala A hugely talented writer — SARAH WATERS A total fever dream … completely dizzying. Tinged with a sense of creeping claustrophobia throughout, it’s hard to ignore the descent into madness that inches its way into the book * THE COLD MAGAZINE * I love Imogen Crimp’s writing, and this novel is sexy, evocative and unsettling in all the best ways — JENNIE GODFREY From Manderley in Rebecca to Brideshead Revisited and Saltburn, a sprawling, beautiful house is bound to be hiding some sinister secrets (while also featuring covetable herb gardens and marble fireplaces). So when budding screenwriter Ruby is invited to her idol’s country house, her best bet would be to write a polite ‘no, thank you’ card. Instead, she’s ensnared by feminist director Ellen and her wayward daughter, Lara, who both seem to be playing a game that Ruby can’t quite fathom – all while being utterly beguiled by the house itself * STYLIST * A mesmerising treat that takes the reader on a gripping, labyrinthine exploration of power and corrupted feminism. Crimp executes a stylish and sensuous game of cat and mouse, as elegant as it is disturbing — AISLING RAWLE Like the best perfumes, Give Me Everything You’ve Got makes you lean in closer. Classic notes of atmospheric suspense (Rebecca, The Turn of the Screw) linger underneath a woozy blend of ambition, sex, and manipulation. An intriguing and seductive bouquet of a novel — MEG HOWREY Praise for A Very Nice Girl: ”Tender, devastating, witty, and deeply true. Sweetbitter meets Normal People — MEG MASON One of the buzziest debut novels this spring * VOGUE * Elegant and witty … A precursor to great things * THE TIMES * An absorbing debut about sex and power * GUARDIAN * Haunting and bleakly compelling … A writer of promise * SUNDAY TIMES * Wonderful … A beautifully written examination of the psychology of sex, power, ambition and love and it’s particularly brilliant on being insecure about who you are * DAILY MAIL * Imogen Crimp captures the glittering thrill of being young and choosing your own life with a dark, unflinching undercurrent of desire, power and control — JESSICA ANDREWS A blazing, darkly funny debut that captures a young woman’s search to find herself …. It has an honesty and tenderness that will stay with me for a long time — RACHEL JOYCE