Death in Her Hands: A meta journey through a less interesting landscape
In this unusual murder mystery, the writer Ottessa Moshfegh shows her hand from the start, which discourages the reader from engaging fully
METAFICTION
Death in Her Hands
By Ottessa Moshfegh
Jonathan Cape, €17.99
Imagine if, instead of writing this review, I recounted every step of the writing process – the false starts, the deletions, the Google searches. Would you find that winning? Or would you think me irritatingly self-conscious and tell me to get on with it?
Your answer to that question could predict your tolerance for Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest metafictional novel. It concerns an old, isolated ...