“It is my opinion that everyone needs more haunting fairy tales in their lives, the kind of deeply atmospheric stories that immerse you fully in their worlds, rendering you able, once you emerge, to see your own world from an entirely new perspective. That, anyway, is the experience you’ll have reading Lucie Elven’s strange and magical debut, which takes place in a remote, rural mountain town, where the nameless narrator slowly awakens to the truth that nothing and nobody around her is exactly what they seem. Lyrical and wholly unsettling, The Weak Spot is a beguiling tale of alienation and oppression, offering a new perspective on what it takes to get and maintain control over an unsuspecting public.” —Kristin Iversen, Refinery29, One of the Best New Books of the Year

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