Angel
A Game of Hide and Seek
Was it purely by accident that I happened to read her two best novels first, or was I just in a more receptive frame of mind when I read them? I loved A View of the Harbour and Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, and the books under consideration here share many of the same virtues: prose writing that takes your breath away, adept juggling of interior and exterior narrative. But how much interest can one generate in the sad life of a romance novelist who is a monster to everyone around her; or in a couple who, having fallen in love as kids, go on to lead separate lives of longing and misery? Not enough.
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