Book review: Between the swinging and the partying, The Couples gets to heart of real life

Not much time is usually given in book reviews to book covers, but the cover of Lauren Mackenzie’s debut The Couples deserves a few lines at least. A dinner table is shot at night, in a darkened room. A candle has just been blown out, the party over, or the dinner portion anyway. Delicious looking wine, cheese, olives and oysters are scattered sensually – you have to wonder where the party went next? It’s dark ...