Forty years ago, VC Andrews´ novel about incest, rape and murder-by-doughnut was declared `deranged swill´, but new books under her name still sell. Why?Forty years ago this month, Flowers in the Attic, the debut novel of one VC Andrews was published. A review in the Washington Post didn´t mince its words, describing it as `deranged swill` that `may well be the worst book I have ever read`.The plot is nothing if not deranged - but even 40 years later, utterly compelling. Cathy and Chris Dollanganger and their little brother and sister, Cory and Carrie, are beautiful, blond-haired and as happy as can be until their handsome father dies. Their destitute mother tells them that in order to regain the fortune from which she has been disinherited, they must hide in their grandparents´ vast attic for a few days so she can persuade their grandfather to reinstate her as his heir. Continue reading...
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