![]() ![]() Along the top, in strange yellow font, it says ‘Top Gear’. This is her drinking from her favourite mug: “I purchased it in a charity shop some years ago, and it has a photograph of a moon-faced man. These are gradually unpicked as the novel unfolds as well as the mystery of whether there is actually something wrong with her, or whether it is just that without social interaction, our ability to understand what is appropriate behaviour in the world simply withers away.Īnd Eleanor is hilarious. There are many reasons for Eleanor’s isolation. It is, after all, by many accounts one of the great scourges of our age, when everyone is meant to be having the most amazing time eating avocados with their friends on Instagram. ![]() ![]() Given the number of books about dementia, memory loss and other mental health issues, it is surprising that it has taken profound loneliness this long to take centre stage. ![]()
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