SALLY ROONEY Intermezzo. Reviewed by Jessica Stewart

SALLY ROONEY Intermezzo. Reviewed by Jessica Stewart

Irish writer Sally Rooney is known for her succession of bestselling literary novels. Intermezzo is her best yet. In her first novel, Conversations with Friends, a young woman, Frances, enters into an obsessive affair with an older man, a jaded, not overly successful...
FERDIA LENNON Glorious Exploits. Reviewed by Ann Skea

FERDIA LENNON Glorious Exploits. Reviewed by Ann Skea

Set in the ancient world, Ferdia Lennon’s debut novel features the plays of Euripides, prisoners of war, and an unlikely production of Medea. Syracuse 412 BC So Gelon says to me, ‘Let’s go down and feed the Athenians. The weather’s perfect for feeding Athenians.’ When...