Ваша оценкаMeet the Hanrahan family, gathering for a momentous weekend as famous artist and notorious egoist Ray Hanrahan prepares for a new exhibition of his art - the first in many decades - and one he is sure will burnish his reputation for good.
His three children will be there: beautiful Leah, always her father's biggest champion; sensitive Patrick, who has finally decided to strike out on his own; and insecure Jess, the youngest, who has her own momentous decision to make . . .
And what of Lucia, R...
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"Mendelson is a master at family drama and plots don't get much more dramatic than this ... There is a lot going on; almost, at times, too much ... She writes from multiple perspectives, switching viewpoints more and more frequently as the weekend reaches its fiery climax until she is skipping between consciousnesses in a single paragraph. The effect is exhilarating."
"Her new novel is so devoid of secondhand sentences that it's quite possible she spent all nine years since its predecessor polishing her jokes and turning phrases round until they shine ... Throughout the book her gift is in succinct specificity of detail, which is perfectly deployed ... The book... keeps secrets, with many chapters ending on an unresolved cliffhanger or a rhetorical question. That might be one weak spot: the exquisite prose can cushion the emotions, and blot out the plot at least until the final stretch. But we don't complain about this with other prose stylists."
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