“A dark confection” – Dream Sequence by Adam Foulds

"And that becomes the point of this dark confection, an interrogation of the real and when you recognise it, you find yourself gazing about you like a tourist in a city of skyscrapers (could the luxuriousness of the Dubai section be imagined, could the apparent ease with which Henry moves through the world be imagined, is Kristen's plan pure wish-fulfilment, is the climax of the book the kind of thing a disappointed pessimist might imagine for themselves?). It makes for quite a game and the game is arresting in a devious way. There is a tension at work here, between the author and the reader, a tension you sense the author is having fun extending, a tension the reader experiences both as anxiety and exhilaration. All told, it makes for a great read and the kind of book you may be inclined to read over the instant you get to the end."

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