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Kate Atkinson MBE (born 20 December 1951) is an English writer of novels, plays and short stories. [1] She has written historical novels , detective novels and family novels, incorporating postmodern and magical realist elements into the plots.
An abridged audiobook adaptation of the book was released, with Jason Isaacs narrating the book. An unabridged audiobook version of the book, narrated by Susan Jameson. A three-part television adaptation of Atkinson's first three books in the Brodie series was produced for the BBC under the blanket title Case Histories (2011). It stars Jason ...
In a neutral review, The Independent said, "Atkinson has a love of words and takes delight in the sheer manipulation of them, but mostly these are idea-oriented stories that sacrifice warmth and fail to stick. There is an overload of cross-referencing and the multitudinous cast are, for the most part, so unmemorable that you keep coming over ...
People always took war novels seriously."(p. 370) In her review of the novel, Maureen Corrigan observed that 2015 was the 70th anniversary of V.E. Day and said, "Kate Atkinson's magnificent new novel, "A God In Ruins," both mourns the passing of the World War II generation and offers the consolation of fiction as a way to vicariously enter into ...
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Transcription is a spy novel by British novelist Kate Atkinson, published in September 2018. [1]The novel focuses on the activities of British orphan Juliet Armstrong throughout World War II and afterwards.
The book received generally positive reviews from critics. On The Omnivore, based on mostly British critic reviews, the book received an "omniscore" of 4.0 out of 5. [2] [3] According to Book Marks, the book received, based on American press, a "rave" consensus, based on twelve critic reviews: eight "rave" and four "positive". [4]