Ballantine

9781524799410

STARRED REVIEW

The Spectacular

The Spectacular has all the trappings to become the season’s dishiest read. It’s also a gem of literary fiction.

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Review of ‘The Spectacular’

A flailing commune. A lead singer of a touring rock band. Sex, drugs and then even more sex and drugs. Zoe Whittall’s taut novel The Spectacular has all the trappings to become the season’s dishiest read. It’s also a gem of literary fiction. 

Whittall, a poet and novelist who has also been a writer on…

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