![]() ![]() ![]() Thankfully, that same appreciation for language is evident from the opening paragraph of Sisters. What I particularly loved about E verything Under was Johnson’s distinctive voice, especially the thought and care that went into each sentence. I adored E verything Under – the gorgeous language, the exploration of memory and sexual identity, and the mythical overtones in the shape of the fearsome ”Bonak.” While I’ve since regretted not reviewing the book for Locus – making up for this slightly by including E verything Under in my yearly round-up for 2018 – I knew I wasn’t going to make the same mistake with the publication of Johnson’s second novel, Sisters. ![]() ![]() The other debut novelist who snagged a Booker nomination that year, getting as far as the shortlist, was Daisy Johnson with E verything Under, a gender-fluid retelling of Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex, set amongst the waterways and flood plains of eastern England. In my review of Sophie Mackintosh’s second novel Blue Ticket, I noted that her first book, The Water Cure, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2018. ![]()
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