Clean

'A masterclass in suspense' PAULA HAWKINS

‘A spellbinding nightmare’ FERNANDA MELCHOR

‘A book of intense power’ PHILIPPE SANDS

The shockingly compulsive new novel from the International Booker-shortlisted author of The Remainder.

Clean begins with an inescapable fact: a girl has died. Told by Estela, a maid to a wealthy, middle class family who speaks to us from a locked room, we hear of her plight and the circumstances that led to this moment. As we enter into her account of her daily existence, we see how her apparently simple life begins to sour, but would that drive her to the unthinkable?

Disturbing and profound, Clean explores domestic work, class and violence, against the backdrop of Chile’s changing political landscape. This is one of the most daring and compelling thrillers in international literature.

'Disturbing and commanding' LALINE PAULL, author of Pod

'Terrifying, explosive and exhilarating' KATIE KITAMURA, author of Intimacies

‘Beautifully written and profound’ LUCIE WHITEHOUSE, author of Last Witness

Reviews

‘What a spellbinding nightmare Alia Trabucco Zerán has written. A biting, addictive portrait of the rot ‘good families’ conceal’ Fernanda Melchor, author of Hurricane Season

‘Compelling, claustrophobic and irresistible … both a masterclass in suspense and a clear-eyed portrait of isolation and grief’ Paula Hawkins, author of Blind Spot

‘Grippingly original, a book of intense power’ Philippe Sands, author of The Last Colony

‘Alia Trabucco Zerán is a powerhouse … She writes with deadly precision about class, power, privilege and family … terrifying, explosive and exhilarating’ Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies

‘A nightmarish examination of the life of a live-in maid … and the toxic family and societal relationships that surround her’ Financial Times

'Told in the disturbing and commanding voice of a domestic maid, this gripping intimate story savages the status quo to demand a kinder world' Laline Paull, author of Pod

'Brutal, beautiful, feverishly propulsive, a novel to lose yourself in’ Jenny Mustard, author of Okay Days

‘One of the most powerful voices of current Chilean literature’ El Mundo

‘A beautifully written and profound psychological thriller of lives – and a society – on the point of implosion’ Lucie Whitehouse, author of Last Witness

‘A white-knuckle ride that kept me gripped from the very first page … I hardly paused for breath’ Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller

‘Buzzing with tension, crime and menacingly complex class divisions’ Holly Pester, author of The Lodgers

‘A novel of disturbing intensity and startling clarity’ Helen Charman, author of Mother State

‘A pacy yet vivid novel about class, intimacy and the loss of self through service’ Jen Calleja, author of Vehicle