Admittedly, the writing style takes a few pages to get used to, but be open minded. Make sure there are batteries in your torch, because it's incredibly hard to stop reading. Kate Atkinsons brilliant and unforgettable first novel, which won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year Prize. It is heart-breaking, but flashes of humour throughout make it easy to read. Just have a peek at the name of the first chapter and you'll get what I mean. It is definitely an adult book, not just because its complexity but also due to its content, but if you're over, say 12 or 13, you'll be fine. In Case Histories, she tied multiple people together in a more obvious way – only obvious once read, of course – but links between the parade of characters in Behind The Scenes are a joy to read. As always, with a diverse group, some enjoyed the lighter style of writing, while others enjoyed the sense of time that. I have read all of them, and although Human Croquet follows a reasonably similar format – though it is a world apart – I think this is her best one. This was, amazingly, Kate Atkinson's debut novel, although she has written other books since then, notably Case Histories.
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