Hope in the darkness as one man tries to make sense of life
It’s almost impossible to believe that a book that charts a man’s childhood sexual abuse, depression, suicide attempts, racial bullying and eating disorders would be heartening and hilarious, and yet here we are
Memoir: I Never Said I Loved You, By Rhik Samadder, Headline Books, €17.95
It takes a certain skill to make a catalogue of miseries and tragedies not just readable, but absurdly hilarious. And yet, there has been an impressive wave of writers recently who have been able to parlay their experiences of childhood hardship, mental health challenges or tragic death into something that becomes mordantly funny.
Matt Haig has managed it, as have ...
