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The Parasites

by Daphne du Maurier

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24th July 2025

Price: £12.99

Genre

Classic Fiction (pre C 1945) / Modern & Contemporary Fiction (post C 1945) / Sagas

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780349019406

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Reviews

New York Times Book Review

Wickedly readable . . . Daphne du Maurier has instinct, with the result that every woman instinctively wants to read her

Margaret Drabble

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

Guardian

She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality

Daily Telegraph

One of the last century's most original literary talents

Kirkus Reviews

Quite different - and somehow more personal than Daphne du Maurier's other novels