A review by victoriayates
The Standing Chandelier by Lionel Shriver

5.0

Shriver writes so well about the human condition that even the most minute and mundane of details of domestic life are a pleasure to read. This emotional, but not literal, menage a trois is sympathetic to all three flawed characters and their contradicting yet understandable standpoints. And that is the simple joy of this novella; the author gives the reader the generous responsibility of deciding on who is morally at fault. A perfect, short, snappy and sophisticated novella.