Petterson has not been kind to his protagonist, removing from him by traumatic means his wife, three daughters, parents and brothers. It is no surprise that he is pole-axed by grief; will Pe... read more
A powerful exploration of illicit desire, in which a 17-year-old girl has a crush on a friend of her parents that turns on some dark events of 24 years previously.
It is 1909 in Spokane, Washington, and the Dolan brothers are jumping freight trains.... Fun and adventure in a portrait of a nation with a growing chasm between rich and poor.
This fine debut turns about Margot, the natural child of a prominent French politician: adolescence, with all its tender spots and short focus, resentful, impressionable, knowing-it-all but ... read more
A novel examining celebrity and a mother-daughter relationship affected by the mother's stage fame. AE - another former Booker winner - shifts between Hollywood and 1970s Dublin.