Antics of my war hero aunts
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THE EXCITEMENTS?
by C J Wray (Orion £18.99, 352pp)
(Orion £18.99, 352pp)
This is the story of Archie and his hilarious aunts, Penny and Josephine. Nonagenarian war ヘロインs, they’re plastered with メダルs and are off to Paris to 受託する yet another, 護衛するd by their 充てるd 甥. The trip 生き返らせるs some difficult old memories while 明らかにする／漏らすing rather naughty 戦後の activities.
Adorable characters, 悲劇, romance, meticulously 研究d history and breathtaking bravery 連合させる in a 急速な／放蕩な-paced 陰謀（を企てる） which moves between the 1940s and the 現在の.
I loved the way it dares to be funny about the war; a 支配する far too serious to take too 本気で. As for the brilliant Penny and Josephine, if any wittier, cleverer, warmer characters 現れる in novels during the whole of this year, I’ll eat my army cap.
T HE VULNERABLES
(Virago £16.99, 256pp)
by Sigrid Nunez (Virago £16.99, 256pp)
As 全世界の lockdown?fades into the past, Covid Lit has 現れるd to consider its 影響s. This wry, thought-刺激するing novel is one such. Its 肩書を与える encompasses those at 危険 emotionally 同様に as medically.?
The 無名の and 選び出す／独身 ヘロイン, luckier than most, ends up accidentally spending lockdown in a luxurious?New York City apartment with a sexy young man and a large African parrot.
Day-by-day accounts of their conversations and activities 連合させる with reflections on 令状ing and anecdotes about famous writers.?
While the latter esp ecially are 利益／興味ing/entertaining, the Covid bits might not （犯罪の）一味 bells with those whose experience was more mundane.
WELLNESS?
by Nathan Hill (Picador £20, 624pp)
(Picador £20, 624pp)
The incredible 範囲 of this dazzlingly 詳細（に述べる）d 明言する／公表する-of-the-nation satire almost 反抗するs description.
Pushy academics, awful childhoods, phoney art, 競争の激しい parenting, 倉庫／問屋 apartments, social マスコミ and predatory swingers are の中で the many deftly skewered 的s.
At the centre are poor boy Jack and rich girl Elizabeth, both 脱走者s from dysfunctional backgrounds who 会合，会う and marry in Chicago.
As the dream world of their courtship gives way to work, marriage struggles and raising a tricky son, every 面 of young professional coupledom is laid 明らかにする. Broken 約束s, explicit and implicit, are the subtext. Brilliant doesn’t begin to 述べる it, but I’ll say it anyway.
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