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Review: Laura King, Books Ireland Magazine – ” a skilled, deft writer”

9th February 2021 by admin

The Art of Falling is an assured new novel from the author of the widely acclaimed short story collection Dinosaurs on Other Planets (Stinging Fly 2014).

It’s clear from the opening pages that Danielle McLaughlin is a skilled, deft writer, and while the initial premise may sound like something you’ve read before, McLaughlin subtly challenges what we may expect of the story and its main character, Nessa.

Nessa is all about keeping up appearances while she deals with the emotional after-shocks of her husband’s affair, and its consequences for her daughter. All this happens at a turning point in her career: an art historian, she has curated an exhibition of a notable sculptor, Robert Locke, after years of research.

On the surface Nessa is controlled; this aggravates her rebellious daughter and somewhat repentant husband. However, as the book goes on, secrets that were thought to be long buried resurface, and this control begins to slip.

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