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Jon's avatar

Two of my Gwendoline Riley's (First Love and My Phantoms) are NYRB versions - I assume these must still be readily available in the states?

Henry Oliver's avatar

yes but not in my library!

Ruth Scurr's avatar

I did say… on our podcast… so pleased we agree (again)!

Henry Oliver's avatar

Why do you think I read it :)

Christina Migone-Benfield's avatar

Thank you for this review of Gwendoline Riley's The palm house and the observations about her Fitzgeraldism... if that were a word :-)

PETER GORMAN's avatar

The full essay on Penelope Fitzgerald is well worth anyone's time, particularly fans of PF. And if you haven't read her, you can't go wrong by choosing any of her novels (perhaps not her first, The Golden Child, but all the others). Then you will probably read another, and another ...