Susie Mesure

Seize the moment: Undercurrent, by Barney Norris, reviewed

Stuck in a relationship going nowhere, Ed has allowed time to drift by. But will meeting Amy again help restart his life?

Barney Norris. [Getty Images] 
issue 20 August 2022

Barney Norris’s third novel opens with a wedding in April. The couple tying the knot don’t matter; it’s the occasion that does, paving the way for a story about love, family and stories themselves, which is apt from a writer who is known for his dramas on the stage as much as on the page.

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