Matthew Dennison

Margaret Drabble tries to lose the plot

Can you write fiction in a non-fiction way? In Pure Gold Baby, the author tries to avoid a beginning, a middle and an end, keeping us always in the midst of the moment

Margaret Drabble at the offices of publisher McLelland Stewart Photo: Toronto Star via Getty

  • The Pure Gold Baby

    Margaret Drabble

    Canongate, pp. 304

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