When a secret affair opens up a heart of darkness
While the hype around Louise O'Neill's novel is currently at fever pitch
Fiction: Almost Love, By Louise O'Neill, Riverrun, €17.95
‘Love is supposed to hurt, isn't it?" This line – a question, a statement and a provocation – arrives as part of the promotional blurb for Louise O'Neill's third novel, Almost Love, her first aimed at the adult market, in the wake of her novels Asking For It and Only Ever Yours. The plot follows Sarah, a 24-year-old teacher and frustrated artist, throughout her affair ...