Why We Picked It
- Fans of David Szalay
- His ability to capture the ‘look and feel’ of present-day London
- Interested to see how this work, comprised of short stories, compared to Szalay’s other recent writing
What We Thought
- Excellent, not disappointed
- Brutal realism that is at times tough to stomach, but never question whether the stories are plausible
- Great cadence in his writing
- Expands into a larger, pan-European setting that still uniquely captures the ‘human moment’
- A feeling of helplessness across a range of ages and male identities
Selected Other Reviews
- The New Yorker (October 2016)
- San Francisco Chronicle (November 2016)
- The New York Review of Books (June 2017)