'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 ››