Coming in May 2023 from Penguin, the latest novel from Booker short-listed author Deborah Levy, is a haunting feast of a story about Elsa, a concert pianist in search of herself. It catches the wave the movie Tar stirred up earlier this year — the idea of a highly talented musician facing her personal demons… Continue reading August Blue
A Dashing Fellow
Another lovely story from William Boyd arrives this Autumn. Cashel Greville Ross is our hero, the eponymous ‘Romantic’. As we’ve come to expect with this author, the tale is well-told, intriguing, and it brushes us up against real historical events (a walk-on role at the battle of Waterloo; hanging out with Lord Byron and his… Continue reading A Dashing Fellow
Intriguing; hard to love
I can’t help feeling in awe of Rachel Cusk, which can stop you enjoying a book, sinking into its world and allowing it to envelop you. You keep stopping to admire the view. With the previous trilogy (Outline etc), I could do both. I was entranced by the narrative technique, the ‘characters’, the sophistication and… Continue reading Intriguing; hard to love
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