Barbara Trapido's 'undeniably sexy' novel of academic bohemia still dazzles at 40
- Written by: Carol Lefevre, Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
arno smit iI r gSwWY unsplashBarbara Trapido’s debut novel, Brother of the More Famous Jack, is one of those books that seems destined to reach its readers in roundabout ways.
Like American novelist and Trapido fangirl Maria Semple, who has written the introduction to Bloomsbury’s new 40th anniversary edition, you could be lucky and...
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