· I always appreciate Joanna Briscoe's work - the stylish prose, the vivid settings (this one in Camden Town near where I grew up) and relatable characters. This is one of her best yet, a really involving emotional thriller that kept me up at night to read just one more chapter. It's both glamorous and dark and thoroughly enjoyable/5. Richly observed, The Seduction is a rewardingly moreish read” Living Magazines “Joanna Briscoe writes with elegance and passion about the clashes, misunderstandings and silences between generations” – Maggie O'Farrell, “Her prose is beguilingly good” – Elizabeth Day, Observer. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Seduction by Joanna Briscoe (, Hardcover, Digital original) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
Ultimately, The Seduction is a messy rehash of Briscoe's other tales of upper-middle-class crisis. The women are histrionic and flighty, the men controlling and obstinate. There are nutty narcissists, unexplained smells and half-seen figures flitting around in mysterious ways. Fragments of literature or art unlock a secret — the sort of. The Seduction. Joanna Briscoe. Bloomsbury, pp. , £ Beth, the protagonist of Joanna Briscoe's The Seduction, reminded me of Clare in Tessa Hadley's debut, Accidents in the Home. Both. A haunting story of motherhood and obsession for fans of Sharp Objects and Give Me Your Hand. Beth Penn lives a peaceful life with her partner Sol and their daughter Fern. But Beth is troubled by increasing unease. She cannot shake her uncertainty over her mother, who disappeared when Beth was a child, and she has a sense that her daughter is keeping secrets from her.
Richly observed, The Seduction is a rewardingly moreish read” Living Magazines “Joanna Briscoe writes with elegance and passion about the clashes, misunderstandings and silences between generations” – Maggie O'Farrell, “Her prose is beguilingly good” – Elizabeth Day, Observer. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Seduction by Joanna Briscoe (, Hardcover, Digital original) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!. I always appreciate Joanna Briscoe's work - the stylish prose, the vivid settings (this one in Camden Town near where I grew up) and relatable characters. This is one of her best yet, a really involving emotional thriller that kept me up at night to read just one more chapter. It's both glamorous and dark and thoroughly enjoyable.
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