num_pages: 243
description: After twenty years apart, two cousins reunite in Eastern Europe to renovate a medieval castle. The cousins are irrevocably bound to one another through the shared experience of their youth, when a childhood prank with devastating consequences changed both their lives forever. In an environment of desolation, isolation and paranoia, the cousins are falling under the gothic spell of the castle and its violent history. The crimes of the past and present are about to collide, and with unthinkable results ...
language: English
title: The Keep
titlecomplete: The Keep
characters: Howie, Danny, Benjy, Ann
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Contemporary, Gothic, Horror, Fantasy, Novels
ratings_count: 16028
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist
publisher: Little, Brown Book Group