The Parasites
On sale
24th July 2025
Price: £12.99
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA
‘Wickedly readable . . . every woman instinctively wants to read her’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
‘A tale of dramatic longings . . . unexpected and fun’ MARGARET DRABBLE
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It was Charles who called us the parasites . . .
No one would choose the Delaneys as their ideal guests. Vain Maria, capricious Niall and self-sacrificing Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents, ferried around Europe from one performance to the next. But beneath the glittering surface of their own artistic careers, old loyalties, rivalries and secrets still bind the half-siblings together – at the expense of all outsiders.
A razor-sharp portrait of a family – and the world of the theatre – The Parasites weaves together humour, poignancy and darkness in one of du Maurier’s most personal novels.
‘One of the last century’s most original literary talents’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘ Somehow more personal than Daphne du Maurier’s other novels’ KIRKUS REVIEWS
‘Wickedly readable . . . every woman instinctively wants to read her’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
‘A tale of dramatic longings . . . unexpected and fun’ MARGARET DRABBLE
***
It was Charles who called us the parasites . . .
No one would choose the Delaneys as their ideal guests. Vain Maria, capricious Niall and self-sacrificing Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents, ferried around Europe from one performance to the next. But beneath the glittering surface of their own artistic careers, old loyalties, rivalries and secrets still bind the half-siblings together – at the expense of all outsiders.
A razor-sharp portrait of a family – and the world of the theatre – The Parasites weaves together humour, poignancy and darkness in one of du Maurier’s most personal novels.
‘One of the last century’s most original literary talents’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘ Somehow more personal than Daphne du Maurier’s other novels’ KIRKUS REVIEWS
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Reviews
Quite different - and somehow more personal than Daphne du Maurier's other novels
She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality
One of the last century's most original literary talents
Wickedly readable . . . Daphne du Maurier has instinct, with the result that every woman instinctively wants to read her
A novel about three step-siblings of complicated parentage, growing up wildly in a crazy Bohemian theatrical family, inspired by du Maurier's own . . . intriguing . . . captivating . . . [The Parasites] is unexpected, and fun, and one of her own favourites
