What an odd book, queer and strange. Not one of Atkinson's murder mysteries, it's a novel within a novel within a novel. The narator is on an island off the Scottish coast with her "mother" for the summer and is relatin the story of her time at college. She was a creative writing major, and was writing a novel which is excerpted in the text.
Essentially plotless, there is ample opportunity for Atkinson to display her quirky sense of humor. I love her humor and her writing. This novel is not as good as her first novel,
Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and very different from her murder mysteries, but worth a read.
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Emotionally Weird
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