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Evening Standard

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney review: Her best novel yet

At this point, it feels as though there is very little interesting left that can be said about Sally Rooney. Every criticism has been mined, every degree of adulation expressed. Seven years on from her dazzling debut Conversations With Friends, and particularly since the stratospheric success of Normal People the…

Evening Standard

Sally Rooney says she regrets calling her book Normal People

The author used to use the phrase “quite a lot” in real life

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Sally Rooney kicks off book event with impassioned pro-Palestine speech: ‘Keep protesting’

Exclusive: The ‘Normal People’ author urged listeners to ‘not give in to despair’

The Independent UK

Sally Rooney’s new novel, Intermezzo, is her longest and best consideration of ‘idiotic desire and love’ yet

On the level of theme, the Irish writer Sally Rooney is firmly in her wheelhouse in her new novel Intermezzo. We find Peter and Ivan Koubek having just lost their father and trying to forge a life through and past this bereavement by way of intimate relationships.

The Conversation

Sally Rooney reveals why she hasn’t accepted any offers to adapt third novel into TV series

‘I felt that world was not where I belonged’ said the bestselling author

The Independent UK

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney review – is there a better writer at work right now?

With her fourth novel, the Normal People author leans fully into her talent, creating a funny, tender tale of two grieving brothers and their messy love lives that’s utterly perfect

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Five Great Reads: Sally Rooney, impossible beauty standards, and Labor’s environment policy flop

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU

The Guardian view on the Booker prize shortlist: a cause for celebration

Editorial: The most female finalists in the award’s history. What took it so long?

The Guardian - UK

When is the next Sally Rooney novel out? Everything you need to know about Intermezzo

The Irish author’s latest novels hits shelves in September

Evening Standard

Sally Rooney Returns With 30-something Questions

Irish author Sally Rooney, hailed as the "voice of a generation" after the runaway success of "Normal People", examines modern love in all its glory and friction in her fourth novel "Intermezzo" released next week.

International Business Times

The cult of Sally Rooney: how she became the most talked-about author of a generation

As her highly-anticipated new novel Intermezzo is published, Emma Loffhagen speaks to both fans and sceptics of the hugely influential millennial author

Evening Standard

Intermezzo review: Sally Rooney ditches the style that made her ‘voice of a generation’

With her fourth novel, Rooney has discovered her full literary prowess – the reward is transcendent

The Independent UK

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney review – surprise moves in love, loss and chess

The Irish author explores bereavement and age-gap relationships in a breathtakingly intimate tale of two brothers and the women they turn to

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5 best shows like 'Tell Me Lies' to stream right now

Want more romantic drama like "Tell Me Lies"? Here are similar shows to watch

The Independent UK

Sally Rooney says success of Normal People felt like ‘too much’

Irish author says she felt overwhelmed by the frenzy sparked by her book and the BBC’s 2020 adaptation starring Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones

The Guardian - UK

Sally Rooney: ‘Falling in love when I was very young transformed my life’

Sally Rooney on romance, writing about sex and, the Normal People phenomenon and her new novel, Intermezzo

The Independent UK

Sally Rooney is her own harshest critic – but that could be a good thing

The release of the Irish author’s latest novel, ‘Intermezzo’, is one of the biggest literary events of 2024, but Rooney is a writer who seems increasingly ill at ease with her ‘voice of a generation’ status, says Katie Rosseinsky

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The Guardian - UK

Five of the best books about female friendship

Sally Rooney, Alice Walker and Nancy Mitford are among the writers who have charted complex and profound bonds that can last a lifetime

The Independent UK

Autumn culture guide 2024: From Sally Rooney’s new novel to Jilly Cooper’s Rivals on screen

From the novels everyone will be talking about to the starriest West End productions, here’s your guide to the coming season’s cultural highlights, as picked by our writers

The Guardian - UK

The best new novels for autumn 2024, from Sally Rooney to Jonathan Coe and Haruki Murakami

The biggest names are back in a stellar season for fiction, with rip-roaring feminist horror, revenge tales, family sagas, spy romps and more. Here’s our essential guide

The Conversation

Irish hip-hop, British K-pop and the best end-of-summer novels – what you should watch and read this week

This article was first published in our email newsletter Something Good, which every fortnight brings you a summary of the best things to watch, visit and read, as recommended and analysed by academic experts. Click here to receive the newsletter direct to your inbox.

The Conversation

Five Irish novelists to read while you wait for the new Sally Rooney novel, Intermezzo

Like many others, I have been waiting with bated breath for the publication of Irish literary sensation Sally Rooney’s fourth novel, Intermezzo, in September. Rooney is at once a distinctive voice in contemporary literary fiction and the generational product of a particular moment in Irish history. As such, and in…

The Guardian - UK

‘We all read like hell!’ How Ireland became the world’s literary powerhouse

The small island has produced Nobel laureates and Booker winners and hosts a booming writing and publishing scene. What’s the secret to its success?

The Guardian - UK

Edna O’Brien: her fearlessness paved the way for today’s female Irish writers

The County Clare-born author was telling stories of women and their sex lives 50 years before Sally Rooney was bornIrish author Edna O’Brien dies aged 93

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