The chick-lit author on the book that's like revisiting old friends...
Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
“This was her first novel and I have always thought that it was my favourite book, but now I realise that it’s actually the book I wish I’d written, and the book I aspire to write one day. Many of her themes ring really true for me. This is the story of Katherine, who we meets as a student, who gets enveloped in this extraordinary, intellectual, bohemian family. I adore the characters in this, and the dialogue: it’s incredibly clever and precise and brilliant. I first read it twenty years ago and each time I re-read it, it’s like revisiting old friends.”