Pretend I'm Dead

Pretend I'm Dead
Cover of 2018 hardcover.
AuthorJen Beagin
Audio read byCandace Thaxton
Cover artistAlex Merto
LanguageEnglish
GenreDark Humor
Published2018
PublisherNorthwestern University Press, Simon & Schuster
Publication date2015
Pages240 (2nd ed)
ISBN978-1501183935
Followed byVacuum in the Dark 

Pretend I'm Dead is the first novel published by writer Jen Beagin. It was followed by a sequel novel titled Vacuum in the Dark.

The title was originally published as a paperback by NU Press, and has since been published in the UK with new book cover art.

With a new cover designed by Alex Merto, the novel was reissued as a hardcover in 2018 by Simon & Schuster.

2015 cover, NU Press
UK Cover, Oneworld Publications

Reception

In Kirkus Reviews, the novel received a starred review and was listed on Kirkus' Best Debut Fiction of 2018.

"What gives this novel its heart is Beagin’s capacity for seeing: As Mona cleans peoples’ homes, we learn that the wealthy, well-dressed, superior individuals who pay her to scrub their toilets are just as messed up as the addicts and prostitutes and gamblers she encounters outside of work. This is not a new theme, of course, but Beagin makes it fresh with her sly, funny, compassionate voice. This is a terrific debut. Singularly enjoyable." Kirkus Review

Emily Books gave an early positive review of the first edition of Pretend I’m Dead, published in 2015 as a paperback by Northwestern University Press.

Pretend I’m Dead was shortlisted for The Center for Fiction's 2018 First Novel Prize.

See also

Excerpts

References

  1. ↑ Beagin, Jen (2018). Pretend I'm Dead. Google books: Simon and Schuster. p. 240. ISBN 9781501194429.
  2. ↑ "NU Press webpage for Pretend I'm Dead".
  3. ↑ "UK publisher website Pretend I'm Dead".
  4. ↑ Beagin, Jen (2018). Pretend I'm Dead. Google books: Simon and Schuster. p. 240. ISBN 9781501194429.
  5. ↑ "Best Debut Fiction of 2018 (pg. 3)". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  6. ↑ PRETEND I'M DEAD by Jen Beagin | Kirkus Reviews.
  7. ↑ Beagin, Jen (2018). Pretend I'm Dead. Google books: Simon and Schuster. p. 240. ISBN 9781501194429.
  8. ↑ "2018 Short List for Fiction First Novel Prize". centerforfiction.org. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Yoko & Yoko". louisville.edu. University of Louisville Miracle Monocle, Issue #8. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  10. ↑ Honorees, Whiting (March 22, 2017). "Jen Beagin, Fiction". The Paris Review. Retrieved March 30, 2019.