Borrowed from the library:
**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025**
The British book cover
'Brilliance on every page' Samantha Harvey
'Spare, visceral, urgent, compelling. This book doesn't f**k around' Gary Stevenson
‘So brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money' David Nicholls
Through chance, luck and choice, one man’s life takes him from a modest apartment in Hungary to the elite society of London – in this captivating new novel about the forces that make and break our lives (from The Booker Prizes)
I haven't started reading it as yet, but the novel has gotten so much good publicity, I'm eager to begin reading my library copy.
Finished Reading
Poppy is still so influenced by her deceased older sister, Dandelion, that she copies her life, her choices, way of dressing, as Poppy wants to follow in her sister's footsteps. How Poppy finds out the truth about the real Dandelion, not the one in her head, and how she breaks free and finds her own self is the crux of the novel.
I gave it five stars, I was so impressed by the writing style, the humor, the pathos, the characters, and the story.
When two men die after ingesting wine samples in glasses that have been handled or been in close proximity to Olivia, she becomes a suspect in their murders. Arsenic had been added to the wine the men drank.
This was an unusual plot with unusual characters, and interesting information on wines both vintage and new. The murder mystery was intriguing as well, as it had to do with the value, both monetary and aesthetic, of good and aged wines.
I read the above two books as ARCs or unpublished galleys on NetGalley. Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity.
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