ANNE ENRIGHT’S surprisingly laboured seventh novel tells the story of Norah FitzMaurice, a middle-aged novelist trying to make sense of her famous mother’s life. Katherine O’Dell is yet another domineering matriarchal figure. While there is plenty of Enright’s fluid style on show here, there is also evidence of the dead hand of too much research… Read more »
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