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The Parasites

by Daphne du Maurier

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24th July 2025

Price: £12.99

Genre

Classic Fiction (pre C 1945) / Modern & Contemporary Fiction (post C 1945) / Sagas

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780349019406

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Reviews

A novel about three step-siblings of complicated parentage, growing up wildly in a crazy Bohemian theatrical family, inspired by du Maurier's own . . . intriguing . . . captivating . . . [The Parasites] is unexpected, and fun, and one of her own favourites

Margaret Drabble

Wickedly readable . . . Daphne du Maurier has instinct, with the result that every woman instinctively wants to read her

New York Times Book Review

She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality

Guardian

One of the last century's most original literary talents

Daily Telegraph

Quite different - and somehow more personal than Daphne du Maurier's other novels

Kirkus Reviews