The Believers: A Novel by Zoë Heller
‘The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.’ So begins Zoë Heller’s third novel, The Believers, with the words of Marxist heavyweight Antonio Gramsci.
It’s a nuanced epigraph for a nuanced tale: an observant and unsentimental family drama that pits rationalism against faith (in numerous [...]
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The Believers by Zoë Heller - Review
Monster Love by Carol Topolski - Review
Monster Love by Carol Topolski
Marketed as another psychologically twisted family drama in the vein of Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk About Kevin, Carol Topolski’s debut novel sets its sights impressively high. As told in a series of monologues, the story revolves around the abuse and death of Samantha Gutteridge, the daughter of an apparently [...]
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