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
Took a while to get going, but very much enjoyed Shrines of Gaiety by #KateAtkinson. A tale of gangland crime set in London just after WW1. A reminder of how cheap life (particularly female life) was back then. Although the main reason to recommend it, is because you will really want to know what happens to the characters she creates. #bookstodon#BookToot#keefsreads