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  • The Oldie

    CRESSIDA CONNOLLY

    Nov 17, 2021 2 minutes
    By Sarah Moss

    The Fell

    Picador £12.99

    If I were a teacher of creative writing, I would ask all my students to read the chapter called Zanzibar from Sarah Moss’s previous novel, Summerwater.

    Its first sentence is ‘They are trying to have simultaneous orgasms.’ From this startling premise, it establishes character and setting with utter precision and a wicked humour. John Updike would be writhing

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