Years have passed since the initial success of Frankie’s debut novel and she has spent her career trying to live up to the expectations. Thought-provoking and complex, Palace of the Drowned, takes on the madness of art and ambition. Christine Mangan Buy Now Indiebound Publisher Flatiron Books Date JFiction Mystery, Crime, & Thriller It’s 1966 and Frankie Croy retreats to her friend’s vacant palazzo in Venice.
Their interactions contribute to the tense, uncomfortable intrigue created by the author and result in events that will heartbreakingly alter their lives.
The characters in Palace of the Drowned are complex and interesting, and seen through Frankie’s eyes, often seem to have somewhat sinister motives. Something deeper is going on, and the author, Christine Mangan, draws the reader in, never divulging too much, giving just enough to demand reading further. The reader’s discomfort increases as the narrative continues, as it is never clear what the next turn will expose–lies are exposed, questions half-answered. Enter Gilly, who seems to just appear, with an implausible story of how she came to be there and the true intrigue begins. Tangerine, published by Little Brown imprint of Harper Collins, in 2018 was her debut novel. It is clear that Frankie is struggling with herself, her craft, and perhaps her sanity. Tangerine by Christine Mangan: Footnotes Born in Michigan, Mangan has a PhD in English from University College Dublin, where her thesis focused on 18th-century Gothic literature. A friend offers her a vacant palazzo in Venice, the perfect place to recover and begin to write again….or is it?įrom the first moment, the reader is unsettled, uncomfortable in the knowledge that there is some underlying mystery, some truth that has not been revealed. After a disappointing novel and a particularly pointed review, Frankie finds herself in a sort of emotional/mental breakdown, unable to recover. Frankie is a novelist, searching for escape and hoping for inspiration.
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