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From left: a book cover detail, Louise Fletcher in the 1987 telemovie, the poster for that telemovie. Mikki Ansin/Getty Images (centre)

Flowers in the Attic at 45: the ‘awful and fabulous’ gothic megaseller that influenced Gillian Flynn and obsessed Roxane Gay

Cult classic Flowers in the Attic was a rite of reading passage for many teenagers – and sold nearly 3 million copies in its first year of publication. 45 years later, Jodi McAlister tells its story.

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