Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Intermezzo , the fourth book by Sally Rooney – the caustic kingpin of Millennial fiction – has sailed with elegant inevitability to the top of the bestseller list. Yet fans of Rooney’s poker-faced, poised style may be surprised to realise that while her previous works flirted with faith, her new novel is unabashedly religious.
While typically Rooneyish in silhouette – a cluster of nerdy, attractive Dubliners become emotionally and sexually enmeshed – Intermezzo is full of sincere (if, like, youthfully expressed) declarations of faith. Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.
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