'It’s the kind of fiction that Patricia Highsmith excelled at, or Zoë Heller in Notes on a Scandal… Desperate to be seen, Ruth’s like an Anita Brookner heroine on steroids. The clash between her resentful, sardonic intelligence and Sookie’s online self-satisfaction is deliciously uncomfortable… The fascination of Other People’s Fun is less its plot … Continue Reading ››
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Early reviews for Other People’s Fun
‘Lane returns with a tense, sharply observed novel of class, social media and manipulation, simmering with quiet dread’ (the i paper)
‘Listen, if a former frenemy from your teenage years suddenly turns up in your life – which isn’t going spectacularly well – then can we suggest you run like … Continue Reading ››
Other People’s Fun
Harriet's third novel, Other People's Fun, will be published in October 2025 by W&N (UK) and Little, Brown (US).
Info from W&N:
'I look. I can't stop looking. That's the deal, isn't it? We all know that's how it works. If … Continue Reading ››
Alys, Always on stage
Lucinda Coxon’s stage adaptation of Alys, Always, directed by Nicholas Hytner, opens at London’s Bridge Theatre in February 2019. The cast includes Joanne Froggatt and Robert Glenister.
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