Look At You
This powerful novel in stories follows its young narrator, growing up in a divided family. Shifting between Trinidad, England, and Ireland, she must learn to make sense of herself, and take her place in a world full of contradictions.
Look At You grabs the attention elegantly, with sharp dialogue, acuteness of observation, and the joy of meeting complex characters. The frank and engaging narrator, recognising the independent otherness of the people she writes about, has an alert eye for moments of epiphany, absurdity, sadness and comedy.
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“Delicate, beautiful, intensely moving. Her best yet.”
— Claire Adam
“A beautiful, moving, and cleverly structured collage of a novel.”
— Neel Mukherjee
“Amanda Smyth has created a marvellous tapestry of a novel. Beguiling, engrossing, penetrating, real.”
— Claire Kilroy
“Through a succession of vignettes that quietly build and blossom, Amanda Smyth has created a marvellous tapestry of a novel.”
— Chloe Aridjis
“Engaging and absorbing... beautifully crafted prose.”
— Amanda Craig
“Worlds open up, understanding is granted, the pages flew by.”
— Jonathan Davidson
“Hypnotic and heartbreaking... this may be Amanda Smyth’s best book yet.”
— Paul Murray
“A remarkable novel. I loved it.”
— Monique Roffey
“A beautiful, moving, and cleverly structured collage of a novel.”
— Neel Mukherjee
