I.J.Kay – Mountains of the Moon; Harriet Lane – Alys, Always; Wendy Jones – …Wilfre
This is a composite review of three of my favourite debut novels of Jan – Feb 2012 in a piece in The Spectator. If I had had space I would also have fitted in Will Wiles’s hilarious Care of Wooden Floors.Of these three, the first two had me reeling with how good they are. I.J.Kay’s novel is one of those extraordinary novels that will stay with me for ever, or at least, as long as I have a memory. It is haunting, unusual, tragic, entertaining and shocking. Harriet Lane’s novel is superbly written and mordantly funny. And Wendy Jones’s is charming and sad and delightful. I think I.J.Kay and Harriet Lane are definitely maybes on the prize circuit this year.http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/762…t-novels.thtml
