Claire Lowdon

A potent seam of violence: The Wren, the Wren, by Anne Enright, reviewed

A dead poet’s dangerous aura continues to haunt his daughter and 23-year old granddaughter in this story of an unhappy family set in rapidly changing Ireland

Anne Enright. [Leonardo Cendamo/ Getty Images]
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  • The Wren, the Wren

    Anne Enright

    Jonathan Cape, pp. 209, £18

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