# Eileen: A Novel

**Author:** Ottessa Moshfegh

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### Summary  
Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and chosen by David Sedaris as his recommended book for his Fall 2016 tour, this novel follows Eileen Dunlop, a disturbed young woman serving as a caretaker for her alcoholic father and a secretary at a boys' prison.

Consumed by resentment and self-loathing, Eileen's life is filled with shoplifting and an obsession with a prison guard. When the beautiful Rebecca Saint John arrives as a new counselor, Eileen is drawn into a complex relationship that leads her into complicity in a shocking crime.

Against a snowy New England backdrop, the story unfolds with dark humor and psychological depth, positioning Eileen as one of the most original new voices in contemporary literature.