Feito’s first novel Mrs March was an absolute blast. An exercise in paranoia on the part of an Upper East Side housewife, who thinks people are talking about her as the model for the not-so-complimentary protagonist of her husband’s new novel – and it escalates from there!
After such a strong debut, could she surpass it with her second novel? The answer is a resounding ‘Yes!’ Just look at the cover which reverses Mrs March – green with red, rather than red with green. Note the nod to Bret Easton Ellis in the title, for the elevator pitch for Victorian Psycho could be ‘Jane Eyre meets Patrick Bateman’ – you’ve never met a governess like Winifred Notty.
This book will be on my best of list at the end of the year. It was wonderfully funny and very disturbing! Read it if you dare – my full review is over at Shiny.
Virginia Feito, Victorian Psycho (4th Estate, 2025) ISBN 9780008739591, flapped paperback original, 195 pages.
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