Shelf life: Looking at secular books

Sarah Allen  |  Features  |  Secular Shelf Life
Date posted:  1 Apr 2009
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WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?
By Kate Atkinson
Black Swan. 480 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978-0-55277-243-7

I’m afraid I stayed up far too late one night finishing this novel, partly because it was so compelling and partly because I knew that if I put it down unfinished I would be thoroughly distracted the next day thinking about the story until bedtime came around.

Kate Atkinson has created a story which is both a page-turner and deeply satisfying; she has taken the detective fiction form and played with it, adding wit and depth of characterisation.

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