PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
PRAISE FOR AS MEAT LOVES SALT Absorbing and historically meticulous . . . a fat, juicy masterpiece. -- The Economist McCann, a marvelous storyteller, does not disappoint. Forbidden sensuality is searingly described by chiaroscuro candlelight. Rich in secrets and surprises, this novel has its own fierce poetry. -- The Independent (London) A story tense with anguish, intimacy and shame . . . it imaginatively re-creates the mentality of a society racked by war and intoxicated by radical new ideas of freedom and chance. . . . This is an intriguing and disturbing first novel which lingers in the mind. -- The Times Literary Supplement
