Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny
Katherine Heiny is a writer I revere: Standard
Deviation, here
on the blog, was one of my favourite books of the past ten years, and I
have also featured her very good followup, Early
Morning Riser.
So I was delighted to be asked to review her new collection of short stories for the i newspaper. Everyone would really like a sequel to Standard Deviation, more of Graham and Audra, but these stories are a joy and will keep readers happy – from the woman who goes to work in a bridesmaid’s dress to the teenager who ‘powers down for the evening’, from the driving test centre to the women who work at the Samaritans. She is an excellent writer, and her heroines - foolishly over-generous in sexual matters, and oversharing the whole time - are wonderful.
You can read the review here:
Games
and Rituals by Katherine Heiny, review: Razor-sharp stories about love and life
(inews.co.uk)
(there is a limit to how many articles you can
access on the site, but you may be able to read it in this not-very-good photo)
Lovely review, Moira! I think the best, most memorable sorts of characters are those we've met in real life and see depicted in a story, if that makes sense. And I love it when an author can capture real people's personalities, foibles, strengths, and so on like that. I can see why you liked this collection so well.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed - and I particularly like seeing something that I recognize from real life, but feel I haven't seen described in fiction before. And Heiny is an expert at that.
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