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“This nuanced depiction of a woman’s struggles with isolation and mental health rings entirely true. Fans of sharp, inventive fiction will be eager for Dong’s next. ”
—Publisher's Weekly
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“Murder, spying, lying, and stealing all converge to keep readers on their toes in this fast-paced tale as they confront a tumultuous and baffling series of events. From start to finish, this is a captivating story with dire puzzles that beg to be solved one chapter at a time while readers will continuously wonder whether Dong's narrator can be relied on at all, making for yet another intriguing mystery.”
—Booklist
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“Increasingly bonkers twists propel the story to a cogent, poignant close. A rabbit hole worth falling down.”
—Kirkus
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“Clever, urgent, and deeply compassionate. This novel hooked its claws into me and didn't let go -- a brilliant, brutal debut that's also deeply thoughtful in its examination of family, mental health, and diaspora. Absolutely stunning.”
—Grace D. Li,
New York Times Bestselling Author of
Portrait of a Thief
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“Liar, Dreamer, Thief is a surreal thriller that blurs the line between daydream and nightmare, fantasy and reality. It leaves you with the creeping certainty that there is a different world lurking just under the surface of our own, filled with technicolor lies and terrible truths.”
—Alix Harrow,
NYT bestseller and Hugo-award winning author of
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
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“A gorgeously written, genre-blending take on psychological suspense...This brilliant story is unlike anything I've ever read: provocative and unsettling, but grounded by a warm beating heart. Maria Dong is one of the freshest, most vital new voices in fiction.”
—Ashley Winstead,
author of
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
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“Liar, Dreamer, Thief is an achingly human mystery thriller with magic looming around every corner. I'm in awe of Maria Dong's beautifully flawed characters and richly drawn world, and you will be too. A marvelous debut.”
—Cadwell Turnbull,
Lambda Award-winning author of
No Gods, No Monsters
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“I love Katrina Kim and this trip into her secret world. This book is a unique, stunning ride, with a memorable heroine who stands out like a mushroom-studded enchanted forest in a kitchen. Heartwarming, tragic, funny, suspenseful, and perfectly weird. I couldn’t put this down.”
—Emily Austin,
Bestselling Author of
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead
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“A masterful work of psychological suspense with a hypnotically unreliable narrator who obfuscates as much as she reveals. Shocking, enthralling, and unnerving, Dong's debut gleams like broken glass.”
—Ava Reid,
Internationally Best-Selling Author of
The Wolf And The Woodsman
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“A brave and beautiful book that negotiates constantly between reality and imagination, with an utterly unique Asian-American narrator, unlike any I've ever read before.”
—Samantha Rajaram,
Goldie award-winning author of
The Company Daughters
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“A scathing critique of the American workplace, a lyrical examination of mental illness, a poignant reflection on the experiences of second-generation Americans, and an engrossing, white-knuckle thriller that's—somehow—infused with magic. Dong's remarkable debut is destined to become a classic.”
—Wendy Wagner,
Author of
The Deer Kings and The Silent Skin
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“An utterly original, mind-bending mashup that’s equal parts enchanting and suspenseful. A rich, symbolic tapestry of imagination, synchronicity, and the compulsion to see one’s hidden truth, Liar, Dreamer, Thief is fascinating to its core.”
—Carolyne Topdjian,
Author of
The Hitman's Daughter