A review by bartvanovermeire
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann

5.0

the fact that I'll miss the fact that, Djibouti, the fact that there are 25 pages of abbreviations at the end of the book and there are still some missing, the fact that I only found out about the list of abbreviations after 150 pages, the fact that what's her name, I don't know but they know, pies, the fact that 'Ducky! Ducky!', the fact that I could go on forever, the fact that I'll miss the fact that, the fact that bees really do mind their own beeswax, the fact that 'Yay' for Galley Beggar Press, the fact that the word "iota" will either be a success or a failure, but probably a failure, but the book certainly not, the fact that I personally like the word "iota", the fact that nine hundred billion chickens a year, the fact that I'll become a Galley Buddy now and reread all the lioness fragments straight away (pages 11, 91, 113, 241, 307, 370, 406, 439, 471, 495, 516, 570, 591, 630, 672, 730, 742, 786, 828, 872, 885, 912, 925, 937, 949, 957), the fact that no review can do this book justice, certainly not mine, the fact that the fact that has a nice rythm to it, the fact that 'Booker Prize, you know what to do',