AL Kennedy’s single-day drama approximately two damaged Londoners looking for hope is deeply affecting but strains against the narrative’s countdownNovels in which the action takes area within a single day are a well-tested literary phenomenon. From Joyce’s Ulysses and Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway to Ian McEwan’s Saturday and Graham Swift’s Mothering Sunday,the single-day conceit has been used to great effect. The latest author to employ it is AL Kennedy with her eighth novel, Serious Sweet. Related: Interview: AL Kennedy There is an honesty and authenticity to the bleakness and sadness experienced by both Jon and MegContinue reading...
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