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When will there be good news book7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() This novel is set largely in Scotland, in and around Edinburgh with some Glaswegian thugs thrown in for good measure. The connections are rarely obvious, and sometimes they are hazy and unclear, yet as I sat riveted by this story I remained hypnotized by the ballet being played out in front of my eyes. The intricacy of this dance among her characters is what sets Kate Atkinson’s writing apart. ![]() ![]() As the breeze becomes a wind, the streamers touch each other – briefly – or sometimes become stuck together for a time until the wind changes direction and they touch others, clinging or bouncing off in another direction. As I observed in her last novel, these characters are like streamers floating in an uncertain breeze suspended from a common source – a maypole perhaps – each one with their own backstory, their own tragic or sad or serendipitous histories. In this third (of five, so far) Jackson Brodie novel, we become re-acquainted with several returning characters. Once again, Kate Atkinson has written a novel that fires off with sketched pencil outlines that gradually become filled in, fleshed out with colours both brilliant and ominous. ![]()
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