Book review: Personal story is something wonderful

This is a work of emotional magnitude that interrogates pain at the source without searching for a neat encapsulation
Naomi Alderman has uncompromisingly wrote the book that she wanted to write. Picture: Annabel Moeller

Naomi Alderman has uncompromisingly wrote the book that she wanted to write. Picture: Annabel Moeller

Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 - 01:00
Djamel White

  • The Strangers 
  • Naomi Alderman
  • Fig Tree, €20

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