One for the knacker’s yard
A few years ago, Martin Amis began his review of Robert Bly’s trenchantly heterosexual masculinity manifesto Iron John by pointing out that ‘iron’ (‘iron hoof ‘) was Cockney rhyming slang for ‘poof’.
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By Lionel Shriver
Harper Collins, €15.60
A few years ago, Martin Amis began his review of Robert Bly’s trenchantly heterosexual masculinity manifesto Iron John by pointing out that ‘iron’ (‘iron hoof ‘) was Cockney rhyming slang for ‘poof’.
A similar problem - and it’s a problem, above all, of cultural and linguistic context - besets Lionel Shriver’s new novel.
To get this out of the way ...
