Picking through the ruins of life during wartime

FICTION: A God In Ruins. By Kate Atkinson. Doubleday, €19. Reviewed by Sarah Gilmartin.

Kate Atkinson: her skill as a storyteller is confirmed in her new novel A God In Ruins. Picture: Getty
Kate Atkinson: her skill as a storyteller is confirmed in her new novel A God In Ruins. Picture: Getty

‘There’s nothing wrong with a bit of trickery.” Fans of the British author Kate Atkinson won’t be surprised with this comment in the author’s afterword to her new novel, A God In Ruins. A companion novel to her Costa Award-winning Life After Life, this new book, her tenth novel, returns to the era of the second ...