Hensher, who was shortlisted for 2008’s Man Booker Prize for The Northern Clemency, is less interested in the paranoiac and more in the panoptic. As the novel begins, Hensher introduces a dizzying array of characters from the English town of Hanmouth.
Hensher hops from one viewpoint to another, and this kaleidoscopic approach, though initially confusing, pays off... Read More
