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Brutes: A Novel
The Virgin Suicides meets The Florida Project in this wildly original debut-a coming-of-age story about the crucible of girlhood, from a writer of rare and startling talent
We would not be born out of sweetness, we were born out of rage, we felt it in our bones.
In Falls Landing, Florida-a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers-something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old girls obsessively orbit around the local preacher's daughter, Sammy. She is mesmerizing, older, and in love with Eddie. But suddenly, Sammy goes missing. Where is she? Watching from a distance, they edge ever closer to discovering a dark secret about their fame-hungry town and the cruel cost of a ticket out. What they see will continue to haunt them for the rest of their lives.
Through a darkly beautiful and brutally compelling lens, Dizz Tate captures the violence, horrors, and manic joys of girlhood. Brutes is a novel about the seemingly unbreakable bonds in the "we" of young friendship, and the moment it is broken forever.
We would not be born out of sweetness, we were born out of rage, we felt it in our bones.
In Falls Landing, Florida-a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers-something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old girls obsessively orbit around the local preacher's daughter, Sammy. She is mesmerizing, older, and in love with Eddie. But suddenly, Sammy goes missing. Where is she? Watching from a distance, they edge ever closer to discovering a dark secret about their fame-hungry town and the cruel cost of a ticket out. What they see will continue to haunt them for the rest of their lives.
Through a darkly beautiful and brutally compelling lens, Dizz Tate captures the violence, horrors, and manic joys of girlhood. Brutes is a novel about the seemingly unbreakable bonds in the "we" of young friendship, and the moment it is broken forever.
Editorial Reviews
Nylon, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
Literary Hub, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
CrimeReads, A Most Anticipated Title of the Year
Our Culture Magazine, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
Goodreads, A Buzziest Debut Novel of the Year
"With easily one of the most cinematic covers of the year's new release slate, Dizz Tate's Brutes is marketed as The Virgin Suicides meets The Florida Project. That's an apt comparison, considering the violent, dangerous pleasures lurking in this coming-of-age story, which follows a group of young girls who flock around the radiant local televangelist's daughter-until she one day disappears. This is a riveting tale, one that refuses to sacrifice nuance nor insight for the sake of its propulsive narrative." -Elle, A Most Anticipated Title of the Year
"Narrated by an intense voice-the crowded 'we'-Brutes uses an imagistic, unnerving language to tell the story of these girls and their young, 'hatching hearts.'" -Bustle, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
"A surreal and ambitious debut novel . . . Brutes's adolescent cast, time-jumping narrative, and promise of violence evoke the hit show Yellowjackets." -The Millions, A Most Anticipated Read
"Dark and beautiful . . . Brutes will mesmerize you and catch you off guard with how accurate yet unpredictable it is." -Adam Vitcavage, Debutiful
"Brutes offers stark and unlovely characterizations, but with moments of striking beauty. The girls (and their mothers) are grasping, even desperate, but capable of compassion. Tate's Florida is steamy and thickly rank, with blinding sunlight and shadowy depths . . . This is a dark coming-of-age tale and meditation on childhood and the cusp of adolescence: authentic . . . with glimmers of hope." -Shelf Awareness
"Mesmerizing moments . . . An often beautiful work." -
Literary Hub, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
CrimeReads, A Most Anticipated Title of the Year
Our Culture Magazine, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
Goodreads, A Buzziest Debut Novel of the Year
"With easily one of the most cinematic covers of the year's new release slate, Dizz Tate's Brutes is marketed as The Virgin Suicides meets The Florida Project. That's an apt comparison, considering the violent, dangerous pleasures lurking in this coming-of-age story, which follows a group of young girls who flock around the radiant local televangelist's daughter-until she one day disappears. This is a riveting tale, one that refuses to sacrifice nuance nor insight for the sake of its propulsive narrative." -Elle, A Most Anticipated Title of the Year
"Narrated by an intense voice-the crowded 'we'-Brutes uses an imagistic, unnerving language to tell the story of these girls and their young, 'hatching hearts.'" -Bustle, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
"A surreal and ambitious debut novel . . . Brutes's adolescent cast, time-jumping narrative, and promise of violence evoke the hit show Yellowjackets." -The Millions, A Most Anticipated Read
"Dark and beautiful . . . Brutes will mesmerize you and catch you off guard with how accurate yet unpredictable it is." -Adam Vitcavage, Debutiful
"Brutes offers stark and unlovely characterizations, but with moments of striking beauty. The girls (and their mothers) are grasping, even desperate, but capable of compassion. Tate's Florida is steamy and thickly rank, with blinding sunlight and shadowy depths . . . This is a dark coming-of-age tale and meditation on childhood and the cusp of adolescence: authentic . . . with glimmers of hope." -Shelf Awareness
"Mesmerizing moments . . . An often beautiful work." -
