Book review: Keyes returns to scene of old glories in fine style in Again, Rachel
The bestselling author has given one of her former characters a stylish reboot after 25 years
Before eagerly diving into Marian Keyes’s new novel, I reread her 1997 book Rachel’s Holiday. Rachel’s Holiday was a landmark in modern Irish literature, though it would take a shamefully long time for this to be as widely acknowledged as it is today. Twenty-five years later, the story of Rachel Walsh and her “holiday” in an unglamorous addiction treatment centre called the Cloisters, still stands up brilliantly – hilarious, heartbreaking and incredibly insightful.
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