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Transcription by kate atkinson review5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Juliet Armstrong is an unsophisticated eighteen-year-old girl recruited into the Secret Service at the start of the war. Transcription focuses on the shady world of British Intelligence during World War 2. In fact it’s well below the standard she showed in her debut novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum and in the four bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie. Bravura means “great technical skill and brilliance shown in a performance or activity” something that is brilliant and dazzling.Īs much as I have appreciated Kate Atkinson’s ability in past years to tell a story compellingly, her latest novel Transcription is can in no way be described as brilliant or dazzling. As for being a ‘ bravura’ performance, I rather think the person who wrote that blurb should have consulted a dictionary before committing words to paper. Yes it was amusing in part but nowhere close to being extraordinarily witty. ![]() Imagine my disappointment then, having read said book, that it had neither depth nor power. When a novel is described as “ a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy” I expect something ultra special. ![]()
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