Volume 56, Number 15 · October 8, 2009
The Double Life & Its Dangers
By Margaret Atwood
The Confessions of Edward Day
by Valerie Martin
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 286 pp., $25.00
The Confessions of Edward Day is Valerie Martin's ninth novel, and it's a triumph of her unique art. As usual, it's easy on the ear—Martin writes with amplitude, precision, grace, and wit—but it's hard on the characters. They do not spare one another, and their author doesn't spare them. None of Martin's books ends with kisses all around and happy feasts, and The Confessions of Edward Day is no exception. Reader, be warned: you won't end up in Cinderella's castle. But you'll have a fine time not getting there.
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