SINCE WRITING The Country Girls in 1960, Edna O’Brien’s somewhat controversial reputation has been built on emotive feminism and a resonant prose style. Her new novel (the first in ten years) is receiving extravagant praise and has even been hailed as her “masterpiece” in a cover quote by Philip Roth. Divided into three unequal parts,… Read more »
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