“A hugely talented writer” ―Sarah Waters • “Stylish and sensuous” ―Aisling Rawle • “An intriguing and seductive bouquet of a novel” ―Meg Howrey Hot to the touch, an “utterly addictive” (Colin Walsh) modern gothic about a promising young filmmaker pushed to the brink In the middle of an unrelenting heat-wave, up-and-coming filmmaker Ruby arrives at the country house of her idol, Ellen. An iconoclastic feminist director, Ellen has offered Ruby mentorship and a room of her own in which to write her next film. Ellen’s home is like something out of a dream―grand and imposing, with sprawling gardens and a shimmering swimming pool. But tension thrums beneath the picture-perfect surface. Ellen’s reputation is under fire, and she chastises Ruby for refusing to turn her trauma into art. Meanwhile, Ellen’s mercurial twenty-year-old daughter, Lara, lounges by the pool under the blistering sun, drawing her mother’s latest houseguest towards her like a moth to a flame. As her hopes for an artistic summer retreat unravel, Ruby finds herself entangled in a dangerous dynamic between mother and daughter, waiting for the heat to break. Ellen and Lara seem to be playing games with her, and only they know the rules. Soon the house itself begins to feel haunted, and Ruby has the unnerving sensation that she’s not the first promising young woman to fall under its spell. An incendiary fever dream of a novel set during one sun-bleached July, Imogen Crimp’s Give Me Everything You’ve Got explores the dark corners of ambition, exploitation, and what it takes to be a woman artist. “A hugely talented writer.” ―Sarah Waters, bestselling author of Fingersmith and The Little Stranger “Hypnotic and immersive, dreamlike and ferociously paced. A novel in which every sunlit surface pulses with menace and dread. Utterly addictive.” ―Colin Walsh, internationally bestselling author of Kala “Stylish, devastating and very hot, Imogen Crimp has given us a deliciously claustrophobic novel about artists behaving badly at the summer retreat from hell. You want to scream at the characters to get out, but that would ruin all the fun.” ―Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year “Like the best perfumes, Give Me Everything You’ve Got makes you lean in closer. Classic notes of atmospheric suspense ( Rebecca , The Turn of the Screw ) linger underneath a woozy blend of ambition, sex, and manipulation. An intriguing and seductive bouquet of a novel.” ―Meg Howrey, author of They’re Going to Love You “A mesmerizing treat that takes the reader on a gripping, labyrinthine exploration of power and corrupted feminism. Imogen Crimp executes a stylish and sensuous game of cat and mouse, as elegant as it is disturbing.” ―Aisling Rawle, author of Good Morning America Book Club pick The Compound “A subtle, claustrophobic seduction of a novel. I loved its dreamy, hazy surface, and its uncomfortable undertow.” ―Claire Fuller, author of Bitter Orange “From Manderley in Rebecca to Brideshead Revisited and Saltburn, a sprawling, beautiful house is bound to be hiding some sinister secrets (while also featuring covetable herb gardens and marble fireplaces). So when budding screenwriter Ruby is invited to her idol’s country house, her best bet would be to write a polite ‘no, thank you’ card. Instead, she’s ensnared by feminist director Ellen and her wayward daughter, Lara, who both seem to be playing a game that Ruby can’t quite fathom―all while being utterly beguiled by the house itself.” ― Stylist magazine “I love Imogen Crimp’s writing, and this novel is sexy, evocative and unsettling in all the best ways. ” ―Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things Praise for A Very Nice Girl “Absorbing and gripping . . . Like Raven Leilani’s Luster , Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times , or Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends .” ― The Guardian “Crimp [is] channeling the Sally Rooney style: interior and complex, but also unafraid to incorporate corporeal forces among all the others that govern us.” ― Vogue “Enthralling . . . A Rooney-esque exploration of power and class in women’s relationships.” ― Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Imogen Crimp's enjoyable debut novel . . . is an all-too-real reminder of what it is to be a woman in your 20s, searching for who you are, trying on identities or stuck in a complicated pseudo-relationship even when you know you shouldn’t be. It’s a book about assessing your worth through other people’s eyes―parents, friends, a lover―and about being observed: by an overprotective mother, by men on the tube, by those who assess her auditions, by classmates competing for her slot, and ultimately by the audience.” ― The New York Times “Tender, devastating, witty. And deeply true. Sweetbitter meets Normal People .” ―Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss "A blazing, darkly funny debut . . . It has an honesty and tenderness that will stay with me for a lo