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“When a visiting professor and journalist offers her money in exchange for the opportunity to eavesdrop on the dorm’s residents, Millie decides to take the risk and accept. Lewis’s performance makes the vivid dialogue sing. She creates unique voices for all of the major characters, complete with the perfect accents and delivery of expressions.” Read more...
“Kiley Reid’s Come and Get It is the follow-up to her Booker-longlisted debut Such a Fun Age. Set at the University of Arkansas, it follows mixed-race student Millie as she helps an older female professor to spy on her dorm neighbours. Come and Get It has had more mixed reviews than the earlier book, but nevertheless it’s reported to be a twisty page turner packed with whip-cracking repartee.” Read more...
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
