Book Review
Book review: Brooke Robinson’s hyped debut thriller gets lost in translation
has been hailed as one of the biggest crime books of the year, but while it moves along at pace, it breaks the bounds of believability
The debut novel from Australian playwright Brooke Robinson, The Interpreter has been hyped as one of the biggest crime thrillers of 2023, with TV rights snapped up and an unnamed Hollywood A-lister reportedly attached to star in the project.
It’s not hard to see why, as it ticks a whole lot of boxes: a heroine with a hidden past, a plot that plays on our human desire to see justice done, a child in potential ...