Affinity - Sarah Waters

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18.10.11

A rich, compelling story with vivid characters and a devastating ending - just what you'd expect from Sarah Waters. It's a shame she's often categorised as a "gay" writer as, while that element is usually integral, it implies that the novelty of literary lesbianism is the reason for her popularity. It probably does sell more books, but the fact that she's one of Britain's best living novelists helps too.

3 comments:

  1. Thank you - this is definitely going on the next Amazon order. Along with some PG Wodehouse ;) Bx

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  2. I'm reading The Night Watch at the moment.

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  3. The Night Watch is fabulous too - so clever. It was filmed recently (for TV) but I missed it - would be interesting to see how they managed the backwards chronology!

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