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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 December 2023
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan
It’s 1990. A child on a London estate has been killed.Suspicion is directed at an immigrant Irish family, namely young Lucy. Journalist Tom is tasked with harbouring and cosying up to the family in a low grade hotel, while Lucy is in custody pending provisional investigations.
The way each protagonist found themselves in such a situation is told in flashback. It raises questions about family history, possible institutionalised attitudes to immigration and the fine line of the press in reporting a story and shaping the narrative - questions which seem relevant today.
I enjoyed the freshness of a new literary voice, no less in her gracious acknowledgments at the end.
I will definitely be looking out for her next one!
It’s 1990. A child on a London estate has been killed.Suspicion is directed at an immigrant Irish family, namely young Lucy. Journalist Tom is tasked with harbouring and cosying up to the family in a low grade hotel, while Lucy is in custody pending provisional investigations.
The way each protagonist found themselves in such a situation is told in flashback. It raises questions about family history, possible institutionalised attitudes to immigration and the fine line of the press in reporting a story and shaping the narrative - questions which seem relevant today.
I enjoyed the freshness of a new literary voice, no less in her gracious acknowledgments at the end.
I will definitely be looking out for her next one!
