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'A shiver-inducing delight' LAUREN GRODSTEIN
'A dark and thrilling fable' DOMINIC WEST
'A campus novel with a twist' ROISÍN O'DONNELL
'Gloriously entertaining' OBSERVER
'I adored it' HEATHER DARWENT
'I was hooked from the very start' RACHEL JOYCE
'Deliciously dark' IRISH TIMES
A girl so desperate to belong that she lets herself be remade…
Jessica and Linda have been inseparable since childhood. At Wilde, an elite Dublin university, they arrive determined to remake themselves.
Jessica, her fierce ambition set on the theatre, is used to leading. Linda, more fragile, follows. But when they meet Mark, an older student with a magnetic presence, the balance between them begins to shift.
Linda becomes Mark's girlfriend, then his project. Jessica becomes his actress, her ambition pulling her deeper into his orbit. Under Mark's influence, reshaped by his attention, old loyalties between the girls begin to fracture.
By the end of that year, under the sway of his influence, a line is crossed that leads to devastating consequences.
A compulsive and gripping story about exploitation and control, toxic female friendship, desire and shame, The Wildelings is your next dark academia obsession.
Product details
| Published | 09 Apr 2026 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 9781526672926 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A spectacular tour de force
THE GLOSS, The best books to read this summer
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A deliciously dark psychological mystery
IRISH TIMES, The best books for summer 2025
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Harding's style of writing is direct and intense, giving her novel a raw and emotional tone. It's a compelling read, one which will be hard to forget
IRISH EXAMINER
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With pitch-pure dialogue, and a plot that weaves in and around the theatre until the edges of reality blur, Lisa Harding presents us with a psychologically gripping story about personal manipulation and the imbalance of power in intimate relationships. A powerful performance
JANE URQUHART
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Set against the backdrop of a beautifully reimagined Dublin of the Nineties, The Wildelings is a campus novel with a twist; a blisteringly real story of control and vulnerability, desire and ambition. A propulsive read
ROISIN O'DONNELL
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The Wildelings is a shiver-inducing delight. I found myself reading when I should have been doing a million other things, unable to tear myself away from these bewitching characters, Harding's beautiful prose, and the prickly suspicion that a dark surprise was waiting for me on every page
LAUREN GRODSTEIN





















