This Charming Man – Marian Keyes
One of her exceptional ones – truly an iron mind in a pastel slipcover.
The Driver’s Seat – Muriel Spark
Got 20 pages in and gave up when plot was revealed to involve murder and rape of protagonist
The Thing Around Your Neck – Chimanda Ngozi Adichie
Superbly plotted and observed short stories set in the US as well as Nigeria
Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry – B.S. Johnson
Had planned to read this for a long time – I have half a memory that it’s one of the books read by Matilda in the Roald Dahl story, which considering the references to cancer, sodomy and genocide is quite in line with his sense of humour. A strange, dated, easy read.
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