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Oh, I *hate* it when the cover itself is a major spoiler. My edition of MGH has Mr G's bestselling masterpiece on the cover. The page layout would suffice, but you can even *read the text*. Dear book cover designers! Each time this happens, a fairy dies...
Rating: 3.5* of fiveI fell in love with Salley Vickers when I read "Miss Garnet's Angel" ten or so years ago. It's set in Venice, a city I simply adore. It's a beautifully imagined moment in a solitary person's life, one where limitless possibilities open up inside her.Then came "Instances of the Nu...
Fable with an old-fashioned feel (like Mr Golightly), though set in the present. Effective evocation of village life and characters, though inevitably there is a higher than average proportion of "interesting" characters. Some of the metaphors are trying too hard; it was described by one reviewer as...