I read Iron Curtain by #VesnaGoldsworthy. A page-turner set in the 1980s. A young privileged 'red princess' from a poor unnamed central European country elopes to London in the name of love. The sense of displacement has echoes of the Patricia Engel book I read just before this. There's also enjoyable farce here even if the clichés about the UK are laid on a little thick at times. #bookToot#bookstodon#keefsreads
Read The Exhibitionist by #CharlotteMendelson. The central figure is an appalling man child who everyone else spends their entire time trying to appease. If you've had a narcissist in your life, this may not be the book for you. I guess women deliberately downplaying their success not to upset men is a theme many will recognise. Did I enjoy it? On balance. But the dickishness of this man is relentless. #Bookstodon#BookToot#keefsreads