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A review by richardms1967
The Spare Room by Helen Garner
4.0
I agree with the blurb on the back of the book. The writing is precise and clean, there's not a wasted word in its 190+ pages. Garner deals with a difficult subject sensitively yet the emotions exhibited still feel raw and cutting.
It reminded me a little of Philip Roth's Everyman in tone though the writing was a little more sparce.
A remarkable and very moving novel, the first I've read by Garner. I doubt it'll be the last.
It reminded me a little of Philip Roth's Everyman in tone though the writing was a little more sparce.
A remarkable and very moving novel, the first I've read by Garner. I doubt it'll be the last.