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When Leah returns after an unexpectedly prolonged deep-sea mission, Miri begins mourning the wife she once had. Julia Armfield’s-approved debut is several things at once: a magnificently creepy Gothic story about the unknown terrors of the ocean; a loving examination of lesbian domesticity; an unsettling portrait of what happens when the person you loved remains beyond reach, even when they’re sat next to you on the sofa.
At first, Nick’s sexuality is largely hidden from the upper-class world he drifts into – with trysts in gated gardens and behind closed doors. But as time passes and the AIDS crisis develops, this no longer becomes possible. Taking aim at the hollow allure of wealth and the moral vacuum of Thatcher’s rule, Hollinghurst’s novel is sumptuous and increasingly sombre.“People like to separate storytelling which is not fact from history which is fact.
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